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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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VITAL STATISTICS.
EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR
THE YEAR.
BIRTHS.
Males
Females
TOTAL
Birth Rate
Legitimate 758
Illegitimate 19
692
25
1,494
14.3
DEATHS.
Males Females TOTAL Death Rate
694 612 1,306 12.5
MATERNAL MORTALITY.
Number of women dying in, or in consequence of,
childbirth:—
Rate per 1,000
total (live & still)
births.
From Sepsis 2 1.3
From other puerperal causes — —
INFANT MORTALITY.
Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000
births:—
Legitimate 64.1
Illegitimate 136.3
Deaths from Measles (all ages) 6
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 11
„ ,, Diarrhœa (under two years of age) 31