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Stepney 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1915.

LIMEHOUSE DIVISION.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under

One Year of Age.

Cause or 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.Certified405425138444141215
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles............1247
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..............123
Diphtheria and Croup..............112
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis............1114
Abdominal Tuberculosis............1113
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........12....3
Convulsions32....5542..16
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis....112463621
Pneumonia (all forms)1......11551123
Diarrhoea..........816211257
Enteritis............1....1
Gastritis..............1..1
Syphilis..........2......2
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying..........11....2
Injury at Birth4......4........4
Atelectasis4......4........4
Congenital Malformations2......22......4
Premature Birth22221273......30
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus411..6952224
Other causes..........11114
Cerehro Spinal Meningitis..................
Totals405425138444141215

Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 1,641
illegitimate, 26
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 213
illegitimate infante, 2
(4)