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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 1907
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1907 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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In this connection the following list of average vital statistics extracted from the last annual report of the Registrar General will be read with interest. AVERAGES (TEN YEARS 1896 to 1905.)
| Country. | Birth Rate. | Infantile Death Rate per 1,000 births. | General Death Rate per 1,000 living. |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Russia | 48.7 | 268 | 33.6 |
| Austria | 36.4 | 223 | 24.9 |
| German Empire | 35.2 | 199 | 20.6 |
| Spain | 34.8 | 178 | 27.5 |
| Italy | 33.3 | 168 | 22.4 |
| Belgium | 28.3 | 153 | 17.5 |
| Japan | 31.4 | 153 | 20.8 |
| France | 21.6 | 149 | 20.1 |
| England and Wales | 28.7 | 147 | 16.8 |
| Switzerland | 28.3 | 139 | 17.9 |
| Denmark | 29.5 | 126 | 15.6 |
| Scotland | 29.5 | 125 | 17.4 |
| Ireland | 23.2 | 102 | 17.9 |
| Queensland | 27.7 | 99 | 11.7 |
| Norway | 29.4 | 88 | 15.1 |
(Compared with these figures those in Bethnal Green read 35.8, 161 and 19. 0
respectively.)
The infantile death rate in Russia has recently risen
to the enormous figure of 322.
SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH.
Diarrhoea caused 77 deaths of infants against 150 in
1906; a rate of 18 per thousand births, as against an
average of 25 per thousand for the whole of England
and Wales.