Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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SECTION A
STATISTICS OF THE AREA
Area 760 acres
Population, estimated mid-year 48,960
Number of Dwellings 15,632
Rateable Value £747,327
General Rate 20s. Od.
Sum represented by a penny rate £2,820
VITAL STATISTICS
Live Births: Number 819
Rate per 1,000 population 16.7
Illegitimate Live Births per cent of
total live births 8.8
Stillbirths: Number 15
Rate per 1,000 total live
and still births 0.30
Total live and still births 17.0
Infant Deaths (deaths under 1 year) 19
Infant Mortality Rates- Total infant deaths
per 1,000 total live births 23.2
Legitimate infant deaths per 1,000 legitimate
live births 21.4
Illegitimate Infant deaths per 1,000 illegitimate
live births 41.6
Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 4 weeks
per 1,000 total live births) 17.1
Early Neo-natal Mortality Rate (deaths under 1
week per 1,000 total live births) 14.6
Perinatal Mortality Rate (stillbirths and desths
under 1 week combined per 1,000 total live and
still births) 32.3
Maternal Mortality (including abortion):
Number of deaths 1
Rate per 1,000 total live and still births 1.2
Death Rate per 1,000 estimated population 11.6