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.
ST. GEORGE'S 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. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All ( Certified Causes, Uncertified | 29 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 202 |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 10 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 50 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
G astritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Injury at Birth .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Atelectasis .. .. .. .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Premature Birth | 17 | .. | .. | 4 | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 24 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
Other causes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 10 |
29 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 202 | |
Nett Births j legitimate, 1,536 Nett Deaths in ( legitimate infants, 190 in the year j illegitimate, 40 the year of (illegitimate infants, 12 |
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