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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 1902
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1902
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Quarter ending 1902.
Per 1.000 Persons Living.
Deaths from
All Causes.
Principal Zymotic
Diseases.
Small Pox.
Measles.
Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria.
Whooping Cough.
Enteric Fever.
Diarrhoea.
Phthisis.
Deaths under one
Year to 1,000
Registered Births.
12
March 29th 25.6 3.62 1.02 0.52 0.19 0.31 1.33 0.19 0.06 2.47 142
June 28th 20 .2 2.96 0.83 0.65 0.09 0.28 0.93 0.03 0.15 1.88 154
September 27th 17.2 2.49 0.12 0.19 0.15 0.15 0.43 0.12 1.33 1.82 161
December 28th 2.15 1.30 — 0.43 0.14 0.26 0.06 0.09 0.32 1.72 164
Rate for the year 1902. 21.1 2.6 0.49 0.45 0.14 0.25 0.68 0.11 0.46 1.99 155