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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 1930

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

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Table: EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. BIRTHS.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR. BIRTHS.

MalesFemalesTOTALBirth Rate
Legitimate1,010903 }1,95517.7
Illegitimate2121 }
DEATHS.
MalesFemalesTOTALDeath Rate
6565671,223111

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MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of,
childbirth:—
From Sepsis 4
From other causes
INFANT MORTALITY.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births:—
Legitimate 58.0
Illegitimate 166.6
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 37
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 3
„ „ Diarrhæa (under two years of age) 19
POPULATION.
Owing to the near approach of the 1931 Census,
the Registrar General has not furnished any estimate
of population for 1930, and in accordance with his
suggestion the estimated population for 1929, 110,500,
has been taken as the basis for calculating the rates
for 1930.