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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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21
VITAL STATISTICS.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR.

Table: BIRTHS.

BIRTHS.

MalesFemalesTOTALBirth Rate
Legitimate8357371,63515.4
Illegitimate3627

Table: DEATHS.

DEATHS.

MalesFemalesTOTALDeath Rate
7045871,29112.0

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of,
childbirth: —
Rate per 1,000
total (live & still)
births.
From Sepsis 1 0.6
From other puerperal causes 1 0.6
INFANT MORTALITY.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births :—
Legitimate 65.5
Illegitimate 158.7
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 43
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 10
„ „ Diarrhœa (under two years of age) 25