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Bethnal Green 1905

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

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TABLE V. (c) BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN-East 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 CausesCertified346845217201216141171216127196
Uncertified1.........1.................................1
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1.........1237
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup..............................1......1......2
Whooping Cough.......................................4......4
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms...............5214224311227
Enteritis (notTuberculous)......1...1......1...1.........1......4
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh........................1.........1.........2
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth2833...342..............................36
Congenital Defects3.........31..............................5
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast Milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...1......1265223......1......22
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis........................11...1...21...6
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...1......1...112...1...............6
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................111......1......26
Erysipelas......112...........................1...3
Syphilis.........11.................................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................11......1...111...6
Convulsions3...11531...221...............14
Bronchitis......11225...1211412...21
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...1......1...312111224...18
Suffocation, overlaying......1...1211...............1......6
Other Causes...................................................
Accidents...................................................
3568453172012l6141171216127197

East Sub-division of Bethnal Green. Population (estimated to middle of 1905) 45,518
Births in Year legitimate 1407
illegitimate 18
Deaths from All Causes at all Ages 781