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Stepney 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1915.

MILE END 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.
AllCauses.Certified5816141210056685053327
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles............1449
Scarlet Fever................22
Whooping Cough..........21249
Diphtheria and Croup..........1..124
Erysipelas................11
Tuberculous Meningitis............2....2
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........122..5
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1....1
Meningitis (not Tubertulous)..1....1....1..2
Convulsions41..16627122
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis....2l3325215
Pneumonia (all forms)....1..1314101543
Diarrhoea....2131129111367
Enteritis....1..1..1....2
Gastritis............1....1
Syphilis..1..123......6
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying11....26......8
Injury at Birth7......7........7
Atelectasis71....11........11
Congenital Malformations..1..l222..17
Premature Birth3153..413......44
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus745l17119..344
Other causes11..l32....310
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis..........21..25
Totals5816141210056685053327

Nett Births in
the year
legitimate, 3,006
illegitimate, 46
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 316
illegitimate infants, 11
(6)