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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 1912

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector

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Table: TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1912. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1912. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months9-12 Months.Total Deaths underOne Year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................91019
Scarlet Fever.....................1...1
Whooping Cough...............11136
Diphtheria and Croup.........11.........12
Erysipelas......1...1...1......2
Tuberculous Meningitis...............11147
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............12...14
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2248
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................12...3
Convulsions41128771225
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......1121067328
Pneumonia (all forms)...1...3481181445
Diarrhœa......1...2252112
Enteritis......1...1777224
Gastritis21......343......10
Syphilis......2...23.........5
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying41...168101126
Injury at Birth6...2...8............8
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformations541...10...1......11
Premature Birth446445872......67
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus4232111575341
Other causes...2215131515
Tetanus...2......2............2
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Nett Births in the year, 3,904. Nett Deaths in the year, 375.