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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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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 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Total.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.Under 55 and upwds.
VI.—Local Diseases.
1. Nervous System.
Inflammation of Brain or Membranes1122713145631611123312
Apoplexy, Softening of Brain, Hemiplegia, Brain Paralysis..1..15277131..31..491501130
Insanity, General Paralysis of the Insane......29..11..4..5..2..11
Epilepsy..2..1519..223..227
Convulsions8717........10428..41..35..104..
Laryngismus Stridulus (Spasm of Glottis)41........53......2..5..
Disease of Spinal Cord, Paraplegia, Paralysis Agitans1....16210..411..419
Other Diseases of Nervous System........4..4..1..2..1..4
2. Organs of Special Sense1..........1....1......1..
3. Circulatory System.
Pericarditis..1....3..4..111..113
Acute Endocarditis..11..1..31..1....112
Valvular Diseases of Heart..226191140110..11117238
Other Diseases of Heart..2..5432477117128..30275
Aneurism........3..3..1......2..3
Embolism, Thrombosis........2..2......1..1..2
Other Diseases of Blood Vessels..............................
4.—Respiratory System.
Laryngitis..32....16....31..233
Croup..3........31......2..3..
Emphysema, Asthma..1..1451113..2..5110
Bronchitis1257355130150496465454112100130200296
Pneumonia4387124661322540243430564113095
Pleurisy111....111....141529
Other Diseases of Respiratory System.......16..7..1..5..1..7