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Stepney 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1913.

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.
All Causes.Certified221166.4525453017162
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..............123
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........111..3
Diphtheria and Croup..............112
Erysipelas............1....1
Tuberculous Meningitis............1....1
Abdominal Tuberculosis............1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............112
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............2..2
Convulsions23....51118
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis....1..2333213
Pneumonia (all forms)..31..4389529
Diarrhoea........1385..20
Enteritis..........683118
Gastritis............1....1
Syphilis..........31....4
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying2......321..17
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Atelectasis411..6........6
Congenital .Malformations..l....1........1
Premature Birth1322219........19
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..........37....10
Other causes..1113133..10
2211664525453017162
Nett Births in the yearlegitimate, 1,544Nett Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants, 148
illegitimate, 36illegitimate infants, 14

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