London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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11
Senility5
Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under
the influence of an anaesthetic 11
Summer Diarrhoea 18
Tetanus4
Tumour of Brain 1
Affecting Children (under 5 years of age):—
Accidents during Birth 1
Inattention at Birth 7
Accidental Suffocation by clothes in cradle 8
Atelectasis5
Bronchitis1
Burns and Scalds 31
Circumcision4
Congenital defects 2
Convulsions 48
Congenital Syphilis 8
Enlarged Thymus Gland 2
Improper Feeding 14
Inanition4
Laryngismus Stridulus 4
Marasmus 15
Measles14
Meningeal Haemorrhage 1
Overlain in Bed by Parents 52
Tetanus Neonatorum 1
Premature Births 25
Saprœ
mia due to the absorbtion of Pus through
the Umbilicus 1
Septic Meningitis 2
Septicaemia caused by vaccination wound being
infected by her sister who was suffering
from an abscess of the neck 1
Tubercular Meningitis 5
Whooping Cough 4
The following is a list of the Outlying Institutions and the number of
residents who died in them during the year:—
Bermondsey Infirmary 1
Bethnal Green Infirmary 7