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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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Population, (estimated to middle of 1901), 131,000. Births in the year, 4,341, Deaths in the year, 572 Infants
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 2,422.
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Table: TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under one Year of Age

TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1908. 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 One Year.
All Causes. Certified Uncertified1241427211865344453340332134242925572
i. Common Infectious Diseases Small-pox...................................................
Chickon-pox................................................
Measles...........................431233723
Scarlet Fever..............................1...............1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)........................11...11...1...5
Whooping Cough.........111...2543...231224
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases Diarrhœa, all forms.........11451177114736268
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis, Gastroenteritis1...2...331063532532146
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...............21...1..................4
iii. Wasting Diseases Premature Birth6834277512...1..................86
Congenital Defects2144231...1......1...1......236
Injury at Birth9.........9.................................9
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus123522281164132211263
iv. Tuberculous Diseases Tuberculous Meningitis.........11......11221124217
Tuberculous Peritonitis, TabesMesenterica..................112......11...118
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1213411...2......15
v. Other Causes Erysipelas......1...1............1..................2
Syphilis...............5........................... j5
Rickets....................................1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........112............1121......8
Convulsions..................2...........................2
Bronchitis......2357373421133...39
Laryngitis................................................
Pneumonia...2...2472432217...5946
Suffocation, overlying4...329323...12112......24
Other Causes926421531...2...4111140
1241427211865344453340332134242925572