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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Bethnal Green 1892

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

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40
BETHNAL GREEN SANITARY DISTRICT.

Table: TABLE III. (Continued).

TABLE III. (Continued).

CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.DEATHS IN EACH SUB–DISTRICT
SOUTH.EAST.NORTH.TOTAL DEATHS.
0 to 11 to 56 to 1516 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
II Parasitic Diseases.
Thrush and other Vegitable Parasitic Diseases2..........21......1..2..
Worms, Hydatids, and other Animal Parasites........1..1..1..........1
III.—Dietetic Diseases.
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation1..........1........1..1..
Scurvy..............................
Chronic Alcoholism........4..4..2......2..4
Delirium Tremens....1..1..2..2..........2
IV.—Constitutional Diseases.
Rheumatic Fever, Rheumatism of the Heart....445215..2..5..8..15
Rheumatism..............................
Gout........112......1..1..2
Rickets121......41..21....31
Cancer, Malignant Disease......1573189..22..36..31..89
Tabes Mesenterica2316........3912..12..15..39..
Tubercular Meningitis, Hydrocephalus253241....62261161153575
Phthisis126361948247260..861983244
Other forms of Tuberculosis. Scrofula28734..245413381014
Purpura. Hæmorrhagic Diathesis1......113......11112
Anæmia, Chlorosis, Leucocythæmia........1..1......1......1
Diabetes....11226..1..2..3..6
Other Constitutional Diseases..............................
V.—Developmental Diseases.
Premature Birth64..........6418..21..25..64..
Atelectasts6..........64......2..6..
Congenital Malformations161........172..4..11..17..
Old Age.........18687..19..43..25..87

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NOTES.
1. Includes: Small Pox, 5; Measles, 131; Scarlet Fever, 53; Diphtheria, 119;
Whooping Cough, 122; Fever, 22; Diarrhœa, 74.
2. Includes: Pleurisy, 11; Bronchitis, 496; Pneumonia, 225; Asthma, 11;
Lung Disease, 9; Laryngitis, 9.
3. Includes: Phthisis, 247; Scrofula, 24; Rickets, 4; Tabes, 39; and Tubercular
Meningitis, 62.
4. Includes: Marasmus, Atrophy, Debility, 152; Want of Breast Milk, 1;
Premature Birth, 64.
5. Includes: Hydrocephalus, 25; Infantile Meningitis, 11; Convulsions, 87;
Teething, 1; and Laryngismus Stridulus, 4.