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Bethnal Green 1909

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1909 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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TABLE V (a). District—North East Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality during the year 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under one Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified...................................................
Uncertified...................................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................124......18
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diptheria (including Membranous Croup).......................................1...12
Whooping Cough..................3.........2.........16
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases
Diarrhœa, all forms...............3315215155536
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis, Gastroenteritis...............14...1..................17
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...............2...1........................3
iii. Wasting Diseases
Premature Birth322213733...1.....................44
Congenital Defects41......5...2..................1......8
Injury at Birth4.........4.................................4
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4......15323112111...121
iv. Tuberculous Diseases
Tuberculous Meningitis...........................11.........1...3
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................31.........31......8
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................11......114
v. Other Causes
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis..................2...........................2
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................114...11......8
Convulsions1412821............1...1......13
Bronchitis.........2243...111221...118
Laryngitis.................................1............1
Pneumonia...1......143...14...2153327
Suffocation, overlying223185.........1..................14
Other Causes......1...123............1......2...9
471077712926111211111813171215246

Births in. the year 1,927. Deaths in the year of infants, 246.
Population (estimated to middle of 1909), 66,003. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 2197.