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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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. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Certified | 186 | 861 | |||||||||
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 12 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 21 | |||||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Meningitis(not Tuberculous ) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | |||||
Convulsions | 10 | .. | 1 | 11 | 1 | ||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Bronchitis | .. | 3 | 8 | 12 | |||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | .. | |||||||||
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | 2 | 61 | 181 | ||||||
Enteritis | .. | .. | |||||||||
Gastritis | .. | .... | |||||||||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | ||||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | 6 | .. | |||||||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Atelectasis | .. | .. | 25 | .. | .. | ||||||
Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | 18 | ||||||||
Premature Birth | 8 | .. | .. | 111 | .. | .. | 118 | ||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | .. | .. | 10 | ||||||||
Other causes | 2 | .. | 21 | ||||||||
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
186 | 861 |
Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 7,344
illegitimate, 162
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 833
illegitimate infants, 28
(8)