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Bethnal Green 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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was refused, and I advised it again and it was again
refused." This woman lost her life.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
One hundred and sixty - one deaths of Bethnal
Green infants under one year of age are reported by
the Registrar-General as having taken place during the
year. This is equal to a rate of infantile mortality of
87.7 per 1,000 births. The infant death rate for London
was 65 and for England and Wales as a whole 66.
Comparison with previous years is as follows: —
| 1916 | 106.0 |
| 1917 | 112.0 |
| 1918 | 129.0 |
| 1919 | 85.0 |
| 1920 | 95.0 |
| 1921 | 98.2 |
| 1922 | 90.2 |
| 1923 | 68.7 |
| 1924 | 78.0 |
| 1925 | 80.6 |
| 1926 | 71.1 |
| 1927 | 57.7 |
| 1928 | 73.9 |
| 1929 | 64.4 |
| 1930 | 60.3 |
The causes of death among infants are shown in the
following table. The increased mortality was chiefly
due to Diarrhoea and Premature Birth.