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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 1903
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1903
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(Quarterly and annual deaths).
| 1903 Quarter ending | Per 1,000 Persons Living. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths from | ||||||||||||
| All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis | Deaths under oneYear to 1,000 Registered Births. | ||
| April 4th | 19.4 | 1.91 | – | 1.05 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.37 | 0.06 | 0.15 | 2.07 | 122 | |
| July 4th | 16.6 | 1.88 | — | 1.20 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 0.31 | — | 0.19 | 2.10 | 97 | |
| October 3rd | 17.6 | 3.18 | — | 0.28 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.31 | — | 2.19 | 2. 28 | 157 | |
| January 2nd (1904) | 19.3 | 1.98 | — | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.93 | 1.94 | 193 | |
| Rate for the year 1903 | 18.2 | 2.23 | — | 0.66 | 0.09 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 0.86 | 2.10 | 141 | |