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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. (b) South-West Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1911. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. (b) South-West Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1911. 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 One Year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................23914
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..................1...34
Whooping Cough.........1111227
Diarrhœa1......34102517662
Enteritis...1...1221361134
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...135
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1...2...3
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................213
Congenital Malformations111...3...2319
Premature Birth2162...2952......36
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus55......1011132...36
Atelectasis5...1...6............6
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis...............21......3
Rickets........................22
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............1...438
Convulsions42331222...117
Gastritis.........1112......4
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........11532112
Pneumonia (all forms)......325476931
Suffocation, overlying2......1354......12
Other causes1.........14...2310
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