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.
WHITECHAPEL 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. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Certified | 34 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 163 | |
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 25 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Pickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Premature Birth | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 37 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |
Other causes | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | |
34 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 163 | ||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate | 1,623 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitim&te infants | 157 | ||||||
illegitimate | 62 | illegitimate infants | 6 |
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