Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of Bethnal Green during the year 1900
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DISEASE. | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | Annual Average of ten years, 1890-1899. | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in ten years, 1890-1899. | 1900 | Proportion of Deaths to 1,000 Deaths in 1900. |
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Small pox | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
Measles | 106 | 100 | 131 | 82 | 135 | 110 | 149 | 109 | 151 | 90 | 116.3 | 42.4 | 63 | 22.4 |
Scarlet fever | 34 | 29 | 53 | 71 | 27 | 30 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 32.8 | 11.9 | 12 | 4.2 |
Diphtheria | 133 | 69 | 119 | 137 | 133 | 102 | 77 | 87 | 64 | 64 | 98.5 | 35.9 | 60 | 21.3 |
Whooping cough | 113 | 128 | 122 | 59 | 70 | 33 | 151 | 53 | 110 | 44 | 88.3 | 32.2 | 93 | 33.0 |
Fever | 29 | 19 | 22 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 38 | 23.5 | 8.5 | 18 | 6.4 |
Diarrhœa | 94 | 77 | 74 | 128 | 54 | 146 | 109 | 151 | 143 | 157 | 113.3 | 41.3 | 103 | 36.6 |
Total in Bethnal Green | 509 | 422 | 526 | 510 | 450 | 442 | 547 | 444 | 496 | 402 | 474.8 | 173.0 | 349 | 123.9 |