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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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Population, (estimated to middle of 1908), 65,830. Deaths from all Causes at all ages, 1,139
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Table: TABLE V(a). District—North East Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V(a). District—North East Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks3-4 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 1 Year.
All Causes. Certified ...64613G6892023251523141320131415284
Uncertified............I....................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................211139413
Scarlet Fever.......................................2.........
Diptheria (including Membranous Croup)........................1...1............3
Whooping Cough............1...223......21......11
ii. Diarrhcea.l Diseases Diarrhoea, all forms...............3275443334240
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis, Gastroenteritis......1...1...111812491...17
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...............1..............................1
iii. Wasting Diseases Premature Birth3811...403...2........................45
Congenital Defects912113..................1......1...15
Injury at Birth4.........4.................................4
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus514...104113211...1.........33
iv. Tuberculous Diseases Tuberculous Meningitis Tuberculous Peritonitis:........................12...1...127
Tabes Mesentcrica..................11.........11...116
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2128...1...2......10
v. Other Causes Erysipelas......1...1............1..................2
Syphilis............1...........................1
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis {not Tuberculous) ... ... •.........111M............1•24......6
Convulsions..................1........................1
Bronchitis......134313332111...225
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...1...12218......133419
Suffocation, overlying3...1...4...12......111.........10
Other Causes522...912......21......1...16
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Births in the year, 2103.
Deaths in the year of infants, 284.
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Meningitis {not
Tuberculous) ... ... •