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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 1908
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1908 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLES J. & .K
| 1908 | Estimated Population in the middle of 1908. | Births. | Deaths. All causes. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia. | Diarrhœa. | 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. | Diarrhœa. | Phthisis. | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births Registered. |
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| Borough of Bethnal Green:- | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| March 28th | 131,066 | 1,132 | 662 | – | 16 | 12 | 12 | 11 | – | 4 | – | 6 | 59 | 141 | 20.3 | 1.87 | – | 0.49 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.34 | – | 0.12 | – | 0.18 | 1.81 | 122 |
| June 27th | 131,066 | 1,044 | 496 | – | 20 | 8 | 6 | 19 | – | – | – | 10 | 48 | 122 | 15.2 | 1.92 | – | 0.61 | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.58 | – | – | – | 0.31 | 1.47 | 115 |
| September 26th | 131,066 | 1,008 | 522 | – | 17 | 12 | 3 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 70 | 55 | 174 | 16.0 | 342 | – | 0.52 | 0.37 | 0.09 | 0.21 | – | 0.09 | – | 2.14 | 1.68 | 161 |
| Jan. 2nd 1909 | 131,066 | 1,030 | 595 | – | 51 | 8 | 7 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 16 | 53 | 135 | 16.9 | 2.64 | – | 1.45 | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.l4 | – | 0.17 | – | 0.45 | 1.51 | 129 |
| 131,066 | 4,220* | 2275 | – | 104 | 40 | 28 | 42 | – | 13 | – | 102 | 215 | 572 | 17.1 | 2.40 | – | 0.77 | 0.30 | 0.21 | 0.32 | – | 0.10 | – | 0.77 | 1.62 | 131 | |
| County of London:— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 28th | 4,795,757 | 32,151 | 20,334 | – | 342 | 186 | 238 | 400 | – | 86 | 2 | 198 | 1,870 | 3,524 | 17.0 | 1.18 | – | 0.29 | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.33 | – | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.l7 | 1.56 | 110 |
| June 27th | 4,795,757 | 31,385 | 15,196 | – | 473 | 122 | 131 | 333 | – | 25 | – | 181 | 1.401 | 2,837 | 12.7 | 1.06 | – | 0.40 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.28 | – | 0.02 | – | 0.15 | 1.25 | 90 |
| September 26th | 4,795,757 | 29,874 | 14,208 | – | 256 | 104 | 130 | 157 | – | 49 | – | 1,627 | 1,314 | 3,847 | 11.9 | 1.94 | – | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.13 | – | 0.04 | – | 1.36 | 1.10 | 129 |
| Jan. 2nd 1909 | 4,795,757 | 30,434 | 17,615 | – | 453 | 136 | 225 | 94 | – | 115 | – | 586 | 1.744 | 3,735 | 13.7 | 1.25 | – | 0.35 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.07 | – | 0.09 | – | 0.46 | 1.35 | 123 |
| 4,795,757 | 123,844 | 67,353 | – | 1,524 | 548 | 724 | 984 | – | 225 | 2 | 2,592 | 6,419 | 13,943 | 13.8 | 1.36 | – | 0.31 | 0.11 | 0.15 | 0.20 | – | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.53 | 1.31 | 113 |
* Registered births only (births in outlying Maternity institutions not added).