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 during the year 1905
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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 Death | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 1 month | 1-2 months | 2-3 months | 3-4 months | 4-5 months | 5-6 months | 6-7 months | 7-8 months | 8-9 months | 9-10 months | 10-11 months | 11-12 months | Total Deaths under 1 Year | ||
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All Causes | Certified | 133 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 195 | 74 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 25 | 24 | 64 3 | |
Uncertified | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ||
Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | • •• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |||
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ||
Diphtheria: Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ||
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||
Diarrhoeal Diseaes | Diarrhoea, all forms | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 93 | ||
Enteritis (notTuberculous) | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 1 | ... | ... | 13 | ||
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 91 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 105 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 109 | |
Congenital Defects | 15 | 4 | 2 | ... | 21 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 28 | ||
Injury at Birth | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |||
Want of Breastmilk | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 83 | ||
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 11 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 16 | ||
Other Tuberculous diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 15 | ||
Erysipelas | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
Syphilis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ||
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | ||
Convulsions | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 30 | ||
Bronchitis | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 63 | ||
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
Pneumonia | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 57 | ||
Suffocation overlaying | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 41 | ||
Other Causes | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | ||
Accidents | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
140 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 203 | 74 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 31 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 24 | 651 |
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