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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 1913
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1913 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE IV. (a) Whole District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1913. 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 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & under 3 months. | 3 months & under 6 months. | 6 months & under 9 months. | 9 months & under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 12 | 14 |
| Scarlet fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 5 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Convulsions | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | – | 30 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Pneumonia | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 60 |
| Diarrhoea | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 44 |
| Enteritis | – | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 29 | 8 | 71 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Suffocation, overlying | 4 | – | – | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 1 | – | 17 |
| Injury at birth | 2 | – | 1 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Atelectasis | 9 | 3 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 1 | – | – | 14 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 2 | – | – | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | – | 12 |
| Premature birth | 36 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 39 |
| Other Causes | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Totals | 68 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 121 | 80 | 113 | 94 | 62 | 470 |
Nett Births in the year 4,008.
Nett Deaths in the year (Infants) 470.