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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Stepney 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Infant Mortality.

Table: Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough during the Year 1923.

Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough during the Year 1923.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3 4 weeks.Total under 1 month.13 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under One Year
All Causes.Certified..............................
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................91726
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Whooping Cough..................2237
Diarrhoea......1281127111264
Enteritis.........11............1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............3...115
Congenital Malformations6142137......121
Premature Birth496326061......67
Atropby, Debility & Marasmus72...21119115147
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Injury at Birth9...1...10............10
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Meningitis(not tuberculous)...............112...4
Convulsions431...8121113
Gastritis..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1l...22......l5
Pneumomia (all forms)1433111217151166
Suffocation, overlying1......1221......5
Other causes5.........5585225
Influenza..............................
Total8617141313069715151372