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Stepney 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLEIV.—Infant Mortality.

1913.

ST. GEORGES 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.
AllCauses.Certified304764730403222171
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..............4..4
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough................11
Diphtheria and Croup................11
Erysipelas..........1..1..2
Tuberculous Meningitis..............2..2
Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............2..2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................22
Convulsions11....2412110
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis1..1..2332111
Pneumonia (all forms)......11365520
Diarrhoea....2..2195320
Enteritis..........4112421
Gastritis....1......1....1
Syphilis........121....4
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying4....1522....9
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Atelectasis .. .. .. ..1......11......2
Congenital Malformations1......1..1....2
Premature Birth19222251....26
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1..113835322
Other causes .. ....1..12..22..6
304764730403222171
Nett Births in the yearlegitimate, 1,422Nett Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants, 165
illegitimate, 3 2(illegitimate infants, 6

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