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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 1938

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

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Table: The causes of death among infants are shown in the following table. Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1938

The causes of death among infants are shown in the following table. Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1938

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
Measles................................221.5
Whooping Cough............................................
Scarlet Fever............................................
Diphtheria and Croup............................................
Tuberculosis............................1121.5
Bronchitis....................1............10.8
Pneumonia (all forms)....................2541129.1
Other Respiratory Diseases............................................
Diarrhoea and Enteritis....................2131032821.3
Other Digestive Diseases........................11132.3
Syphilis....................1....1....21.5
Rickets............................................
Congenital Malformations2............2....1........32.3
Congenital Debility................................110.8
Premature Birth14............141............1511.3
Injury at Birth1............1................10.8
Other early infancy diseases4............4................43.0
†Other Causes........1....112........43.0
Totals21....1....228221797859.3
Net Births in the yearlegitimate 1271Net Deaths in the yearlegitimate infants 69
illegitimate 45illegitimate infants 9
Asphyxia, Otitis media, Pyelitis, Infantile Eczema (1 each).