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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 1911

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: TABLE IV. Whole District—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1911. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. Whole District—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1911. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................251320
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..................1...34
Whooping Cough.........11215615
Diarrhœa1......4520512718121
Enteritis...2...24722121459
Tuberculous Meningitis...............2...259
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............312...6
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................235
Congenital Malformations222...6223114
Premature Birth448736273......72
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus77...31720214264
Atelectasis8...1110............10
Injury at Birth5.........5............5
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis......1...131...16
Rickets........................22
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............135413
Convulsions736521105...238
Gastritis.........1112......4
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...11248941035
Pneumonia (all forms)...1539813141357
Suffocation, overlying5...128841122
Other causes11......27...4518
8025242715610914190103599

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Nett Births in the year, 4,032. Nett Deaths in the year, 599.