[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925] page 38

Bethnal Green 1925

[Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1925]

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The Infantile Mortality figure of 80.6 per 1,000
births is the third lowest on record for Bethnal Green,
the previous records having been 68.7 in 1923 and
78.0 in 1924. In 1903, 23 years ago, the figure was 141.

Table: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1925.

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Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1925.

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	Rate per 1000 Births
All causes—										212	80.6
Certified	33	8	8	6	55	38	47	41	31	212	80.6
	..	....	..	..	..	..	...	..	..	..	..
	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.4
Chicken-pox	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Measles	..	....	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
	..	..	..	..		..		..	..	30	11. 4
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	1	1	3	9	10	7	30	11. 4
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2	.8
	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1.1
Tuberculous Meningitis (30)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	1.1
Abdominal Tuberculosis (31)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	•4 1.1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous (61)	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	3	•4 1.1
Convulsions (71)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	.4
Laryngitis (87B)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2.7
Bronchitis	..	..	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	7	2.7
Pneumonia (all forms) (91 &92)	..	1	2	1	4	9	7	9	10	39	14.8
Diarrhoea (104 B. E & F)	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	.4
Enteritis (104 A, C, D & G)	..	1	..	..	1	14	20	12	7	54	20.5
Gastritis (103a)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	.4
Suffocation, overlying..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	.4
Injury at birth (152C)	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1 6	2.2 1.5 11.4
Atelectasis (152B)	5	1	..	..	6	..	..	..	..	1 6
Congenital Malformations (150)	1	..	..	..	1	2	..	1	..	4
Premature Birth (151A)	19	5	3	2	29	1	..	..	..	30
Atrophy, Debility and										15	5.7
Marasmus (151B)	3	..	2	1	6	4	4	1	..	15
Other Causes	4	..	..	..	4	1	2	3	1	11	4.2
Totals	33	8	8	6	55	38	47	41	31	212	80.6\|

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Nett Births in J legitimate 2583 Nett Deaths in legitimate infants 206
the year illegitimate 47 the year illegitimate infants 6
Note.—The numbers given in brackets after certain causes of death indicate the numbers of
the corresponding headings in the detailed International List of Causes of Death, 1909.

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1925.

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