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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 1915
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1915 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE IV. (b) South-West Bethnal, Green. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
| Causes 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| Scarlet fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping-cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 3 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 8 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 3 | 7 | – | 17 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 32 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 28 |
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 31 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | – | 5 |
| Injury at birth | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | 2 | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| Congenital Malformations (d) | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| Premature birth | 17 | 1 | – | 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 23 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 4 | – | 2 | 9 |
| Other Causes | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Totals | 29 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 36 | 47 | 46 | 35 | 210 |