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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 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green, Parish of St. Matthew ]

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Table: Death Bates in Bcthnal Green during the Four Quarters of1897,after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions. (Estimated Population,129,200.)

Death Bates in Bcthnal Green during the Four Quarters of1897,after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions. (Estimated Population,129,200.)

Quarter EndingAll Causes.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple Fever.Diarrhœa.Phthisis.Deaths under one year to 1,000 births registered.
3rd April21.32.42...0.810 .090.90006...0.160 .030.371.58139
3rd July18.02.43...1.210.220.43019...0.16...0. 221.5212
2nd October21.35.22...0.400 220.470 50...009...3.541.93228
1st January, 189825.33.58...1.120 250.811.030.030.12...0.222.89194