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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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TABLE V.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| Cause of Death | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month, | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Certified | 227 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 374 | 180 | 127 | 117 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 85 | 92 | 97 | 67 | 80 | 1514 |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 | |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | l | 10 | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 4 | l | 14 | |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 55 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 31 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 274 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 50 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 16 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 135 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 161 | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 168 |
| Congenital Defects | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 20 | |||
| Injury at Birth | 15 | ... | ... | ... | 15 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15 | |
| Want of Breast-milk | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 33 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 63 | 30 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | ... | 6 | 213 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 20 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | 8 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | ||
| Syphilis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 26 | |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 32 | |
| Convulsions | 14 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 34 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 89 | |
| Bronchitis | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 119 | |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 159 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 58 | |
| Other Causes | 12 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 74 | |
| 227 | 49 | 52 | 46 | 374 | 180 | 127 | 117 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 85 | 92 | 97 | 67 | 80 | 1514 | ||