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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 1914
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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80
Of these, 1,769 were males
1,765 were females
5 sex was not stated
3,539
There were 16 sets of male twins.
,, 13 ,, female twins.
,, 19 ,, male and female twins.
Information as to whether the child is living or
stillborn is not always given.
This year it is given in the case of:—
35 stillborn boys.
35 stillborn girls.
3 sex not stated.
1 set of male and female twins.
Of 1 set of male twins, 1 was living and 1
stillborn.
Of 1 set of female twins, 1 was living and 1
stillborn,
making a total of 77 stillborn infants.
There were 143 cases of Summer Diarrhoea, all
of which were visited.
In the majority of cases the homes were clean
and the premises were in fairly good condition.
About 75 per cent, of the infants were breast-fed.