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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 1920

Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1920.

Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1920.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1 2 weeks.2 3 weeks.3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks.4 week & under 3 months.3 months & under 6 months.6 months & under 9 months.9 months & under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
All causes—
Certified761713i 611276765348365
Uncertified..............................
Small Pox..............................
Chicken Pox..................2......2
Measles...............124714
Scarlet fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............3881029
Diphtheria and Croup..................1214
Erysipelas..................1......2
Tuberculous Meningitis........................22
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2......2
Convulsions31116...1...29
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......4151195232
Pneumonia (all forms)...31151422141469
Diarrhœa...............122...5
Enteritis...2......2151010340
Gastritis.....................1...1
Syphilis...11...2131...7
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1...1...24...1...7
Injury at birth3.........3............3
Atelectasis13...1...141.........15
Congenital Malformations61119431118
Premature birth43521516......158
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus21...14731...15
Other Causes531...9763530
Totals761713611276765348365

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Nett Births registered
during the
year
legitimate 3766
illegitimate 89
Nett Deaths registered
during the calendar
year of
legitimate infants 358
(illegitimate infants 7