London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 H.

TABLE H.

Special Causes of Infantile Deaths.Totals.Rate per thousand births.
1911191219111912
Diarrhœal diseases1803644.89.2
Premature birth, injury at birth and congenital defects, including Atelectasis1619025.223.4
Respiratory diseases927322.918.7
Wasting diseases644116.010.5
Convulsive diseases513012.77.7
Common infectious diseases39309.77.7
Suffocation22265.56.6
Tubercular disease20195.04.9