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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. (b) South-West Bethnal Green. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1912. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. (b) South-West Bethnal Green. 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 under One Year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................459
Scarlet Fever.....................1...1
Whooping Cough...............1...124
Diphtheria and Croup.........11.........12
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............11114
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................2......2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2...24
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1...1
Convulsions2...114541216
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......112633216
Pneumonia (all forms).........22667728
Diarrhœa......1...1...1114
Enteritis...............474217
Gastritis1.........112......4
Syphilis......1...11.........2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying4......1535...114
Injury at Birth2...1...3............3
Atelectasis3.........3............3
Congenital Malformations32......5...1......6
Premature Birth22432313.........34
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus41128823223
Other causes...12...3......115
Tetanus...1......1............1
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