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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: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1930.

Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1930.

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 1 yearRate per 1,000 Births
Smallpox......1...1............10.5
Measles.....................2684.1
Scarlet Fever.................................
Whooping Cough...............111...31.5
Diphtheria and Croup.....................1...10.5
Tuberculous Meningitis........................l10.5
Abdominal Tuberculosis.................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1...10.5
Meningococcal Meningitis...............11......2l.0
Convulsions.................................
Bronchitis...............11......21.0
Pneumonia (all forms)......11256372311.8
Diarrhoea and Enteritis.........11476l199.7
Syphilis.................................
Rickets.................................
Injury at Birth2...1...3............31.5
Atelectasis4.........4............42.0
Congenital Malformations411...64.........105.1
Premature Birth174......211.........2211.3
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2.........21.........31.5
Violence1.........111......31.5
Other Causes1...1...2333l126.2
Totals31552432220171611860.3
Net Births in the yearlegitimate1913Net Deaths in the yearlegitimate infants111
illegitimate42illegitimate infants7