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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1929.

Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1929.

Causes of DeathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks & under 3 months3 months & under 6 months6 months & under 9 Months9 months & under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under yearRate per 1,000 Births
Measles........................441.9
Scarlet Fever........................110.5
Whooping Cough..................32273.4
Diphtheria and Croup.................................
Tuberculous Meningitis.................................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...........................10.5
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......10.5
Convulsions..................1......10.5
Bronchitis..................2......21.0
Pneumonia (all forms)......1348612124220.3
Diarrhœa and Enteritis...............56462110.1
Syphilis.................................
Rickets.................................
Injury at Birth3........................31.4
Atelectasis2.........2............21.0
Congenital Malformations11......2321...83.9
Premature Birth161......1711......199.2
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............52......73.4
Other Causes.........111345146.8
Totals22214292327243013364.4
Net Births in the yearlegitimate 2013Net Deaths in the yearlegitimate infants 125
illegitimate 51illegitimate infants 8