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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 1905

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1905

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Table: TABLE V. BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN-Whole District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V. BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN-Whole District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 1 month1-2 months2-3 months3-4 months4-5 months5-6 months6-7 months7-8 months8-9 months9-10 months10-11 months11-12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year
All CausesCertified133242414195745350493135303235252464 3
Uncertified71......8.................................8
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox.........• ••.......................................
Measles........................111...133313
Scarlet Fever.......................................1......1
Diphtheria: Croup..............................1......1......2
Whooping Cough.....................11211182118
Diarrhoeal DiseaesDiarrhoea, all forms...............12914106101353593
Enteritis (notTuberculous)......1...14...3111...15 1......13
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh......1...131...3......3311117
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth9184210522...........................109
Congenital Defects1542...2111...12...1......1...28
Injury at Birth3.........3..............................3
Want of Breastmilk..................1......1..................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus15632261514127231111...83
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis.....................112...1123...11
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...1......1...11423...12...116
Other Tuberculous diseases...............23131...12......215
Erysipelas...1214...1.....................117
Syphilis1......1211...1...1...............7
Rickets................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............11.........32112113
Convulsions52521451...422......1...130
Bronchitis2...23711945432816363
Laryngitis................................................
Pneumonia...11135454265369557
Suffocation overlaying723214113532......111...41
Other Causes1.........1111...1......111...8
Accidents....................................1.........1
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District of Bethnal Green. Population (estimated to middle of 1905) 130,401
Births in the year legitimate 4283
illegitimate 38
Deaths from All Causes at all Ages 2418