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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 1916

Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1916

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Table: TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1916. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1916. 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..................1225
Scarlet Fever...........................1
Whooping Cough...............437317
Diphtheria and Croup........................33
Erysipelas......112.........13
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis..................33...6
Tuberculous Meningitis...............12126
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1...23
Other Tuberculosis Diseases..................1...33
Meningitis (not tuberculous)...............1...2...3
Convulsions12......323...19
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis1135411...525...
Pneumonia (all forms)1...214711131348
Diarrhœa.........118165333
Enteritis...1......11696234
Gastritis...............11...13
Syphilis......224131...9
Rickets..................1......1
Suffocation (overlaying)4......15252...14
Injury at Birth5.........5............5
Atelectasis6...219...1...111
Congenital Malformations1121...1492...126
Premature Birth3965...5051......56
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus22...151012...128
Other Causes341...8212...13
Totals731817811673884543365