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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

Shoreditch 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE IV.INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCHduring the year 1915.Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age(see note (a)).

TABLE IV.

INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH

during the year 1915.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age

(see note (a)).

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified711516811083838784447
Uncertified .................................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox........................11
Measles...............1121418
Scarlet fever..............................
Whooping-cough...............4'347l8
Diphtheria and Croup........................33
Erysipelas...............1...1...2
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................2...2
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)...............132...6
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........1111238
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................46515
Convulsions411...63...2112
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis1l......2877630
Pneumonia (all forms)1l3...5920201973
Diarrhœa...............109121041
Enteritis......1...1191218959
Gastritis...1...12......2...4
Syphilis......1...1221...6
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying411...543...113
Injury at birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis71......81.........8
Congenital Malformations (c)721212............12
Premature birth385545272......61
Atrophy, Debility and Maras mus62l...98103130
Other causes212...5563524
711516811083838784447

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Nett Births in the year—Legitimate 3,018, illegitimate 73. Nett Deaths in the
year of legitimate infants 437, illegitimate infants 10.