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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 (a). North-East Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1912. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV (a). North-East Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1912. Nett 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 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths trader 1 year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................5510
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1...12
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas......1...1...1......2
Tuberculous Meningitis........................22
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1......12
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................2...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................11...2
Convulsions21...1423......9
Laryngritis..............................
Bronchitis...............434112
Pneumonia (all forms)...1...12251717
Diarrhœa...1......1241...8
Enteritis......1...13...3...7
Gastritis11......231......6
Syphilis......1...12.........3
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...1......1551...12
Injury at Birth4...1...5............5
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations221...5............5
Premature Birth222122742......33
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...12...3752118
Other causes...1...1213...17
Tetanus...1......1............1
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