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 Stepney]
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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.
1912,
LIMEHOUSE DIVISION.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
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. | T otal Deaths under One Y ear. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Certified Causes. Uncertified | 46 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 70 | 37 | 62 | 38 | 30 | 333 | |||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | .. | 20 | |||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | |||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous ) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 10 | |||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 4 | .. | 15 | |||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 39 | |||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 24 | |||
Enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |||
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | |||
Rickels | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |||
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Congenital Malformations | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 45 | |||
Premature Birth | 33 | l | 7 | 2 | 43 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 40 | |||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 34 | |||
Other causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 6 | ||||
46 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 70 | 37 | 52 | 38 | 36 | 233 | ||||
Nett Births legitimate, 1,815 Nett Deaths in legitimate infants, 228 in the year ( illegitimate, 28 the year of ( illegitimate infants, |