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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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| 1907 | Estimated Population in the middle of 1907. | Births. | Deaths. All causes. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | All causes. | Principal Epidemic diseases. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diarrhoea. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births Registered. |
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| Borough ofBethnal Green:- | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 30th | 130,831 | 1,123 | 715 | — | 31 | 6 | 7 | 19 | — | — | — | 4 | 90 | 147 | 21.9 | 2.05 | — | 0.95 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.58 | — | — | — | 0.12 | 2.76 | 131 |
| June 29th | 130,831 | 1,015 | 548 | — | 22 | 10 | 5 | 20 | — | — | — | 8 | 52 | 139 | 16.8 | 1.99 | — | 0.67 | 0.31 | 0.15 | 0.61 | — | — | 0.25 | 1.59 | 137 | |
| September 28th | 130,831 | 1,006 | 448 | — | 11 | 14 | 1 | 15 | — | — | 24 | 41 | 123 | 13.7 | 2.03 | — | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.03 | 0.46 | — | 0.03 | — | 0.74 | 1.26 | 122 | |
| December 28th | 130,831 | 953 | 570 | — | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | — | 6 | — | 65 | 165 | 17.5 | 1.76 | — | 0.21 | 0.40 | 0.15 | 0.18 | — | 0.18 | — | 0.64 | 1.99 | 173 | |
| 130,831 | 4,097* | 2281 | — | 71 | 43 | 18 | 60 | — | 7 | — | 57 | 248 | 574 | 17.5 | 1.96 | _ | 0.54 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.46 | — | 0.05 | — | 0.44 | 1.90 | 138 | |
| March 30th | 4,758,218 | 31,708 | 21,969 | — | 461 | 104 | 222 | 534 | — | 56 | 194 | 2,056 | 4,195 | 18.5 | 1.33 | _ | 0.39 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.45 | — | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 1.73 | 132 | |
| June 29th | 4,758,218 | 31,645 | 16,626 | — | 657 | 141 | 157 | 675 | — | 33 | 193 | 1.676 | 3,182 | 14.0 | 1.56 | — | 0.55 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.57 | — | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.16 | 1.41 | 101 | |
| September 28th | 4,758,218 | 29,914 | 13,677 | — | 404 | 168 | 162 | 364 | — | 39 | 540 | 1,330 | 2,936 | 11.5 | 1.42 | — | 0.34 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.31 | — | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.46 | 1.12 | 98 | |
| December 28th | 4,758,218 | 28,938 | 16,996 | — | 279 | 231 | 240 | 213 | — | 66 | 583 | 1,592 | 3,801 | 14.3 | 1.36 | — | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | — | 0.06 | 0.49 | 1.34 | 131 | ||
| 4 758,218 | 122 205 | 69,268 | — | 1,801 | 644 | 781 | 1.786 | — | 194 | 4 | 1,510 | 6,654 | 14,114 | 14.6 | 1.42 | — | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.38 | — | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.32 | 1.40 | 115 | |
* This figure does not include births in Lying-in Institutions outside Bethnal Green,