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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Suicide | 21 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 |
Affecting Children (under five years of age):— | |
Accidents | 5 |
Accidents and Inattention at Birth | 7 |
Atelectasis | 4 |
Bronchitis | 4 |
Burns and Scalds | 12 |
Congenital deformity | 1 |
Congestion of Lungs | 1 |
Convulsions | 40 |
Diarrhoea | 7 |
Diphtheria | 1 |
Epilepsy | 1 |
Gastro-Enteritis | 2 |
Inanition | 2 |
Laryngitis | 1 |
Marasmus | 2 |
Measles | 11 |
Overlying and suffocation in bed with the parents | 40 |
Peritonitis | 1 |
Pneumonia | 17 |
Premature births | 12 |
Respiratory obstruction | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 3 |
There were 15 deaths due to accidents caused by motor omnibuses, 1 by taxicab
and 3 by electric trams—an increase of 4 deaths over that in the preceding
year.
The following is a list of the Outlying Institutions and the number of residents who died in them during the year:—
Babies Home, Shore ditch | 1 |
Bethnal Green Infirmary | 1 |
Cancer Hospital | 3 |
Central London Sick Asylum | 2 |
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 15 |
Children's Hospital, Carshalton | 7 |
Charing Cross Hospital | 1 |
Cheyne Hospital | 1 |
City of London Chest Hospital | 9 |
City of London Lying-in Hospital | 2 |
Cottage Hospital, Shooter's Hill | 1 |