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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 (a). North-East Bethnal Green. Infntile Mortality During the Year 1911. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV (a). North-East Bethnal Green. Infntile Mortality During the Year 1911. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................246
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Whooping Cough...............1...348
Diarrhœa.........111026101259
Enteritis...1...12596325
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...124
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............21......3
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................22
Congenital Malformations111...32.........5
Premature Birth232533321......36
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus22...37982228
Atelectasis3......14............4
Injury at Birth3.........3............3
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis......1...11......13
Rickets..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................3115
Convulsions3132983...121
Gastritis..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1113362923
Pneumonia (all forms)...1214468426
Suffocation, overlying3...1153...1110
Other causes...1......13...228
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