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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 1937

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

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Table: VITAL STATISTICSLIVE BIRTHS.

VITAL STATISTICSLIVE BIRTHS.

MalesFemalesTOTALBirth Rate
Legitimate6355831,25813.3
Illegitimate1525
TOTALRate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
STILLBIRTHS3728.6

Table: DEATHS.

DEATHS.

MalesFemalesTOTALDeath Rate
M.O.H.6295601,18912.5
R.G.6275601,187
When corrected by the Comparability Factor of the Registrar-General (1.13), the Death Rate becomes 14.1.

Table: MATERNAL MORTALITY.Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—

MATERNAL MORTALITY.Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth:—

Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
From Sepsis21.53
From other puerperal causes10.77

Table: INFANT MORTALITY.

INFANT MORTALITY.

Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000 births:—
Legitimate 4954
Illegitimate 200
Deaths from Cancer (all ages)165/6
,, ,, Measles (all ages)1
„ „ Whooping Cough (all ages)10
„ ,, Diarrhoea (under two years of age12