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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| Causeof 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 208 | 53 | 62 | 52 | 375 | 159 | 152 | 98 | 88 | 98 | 81 | 87 | 76 | 85 | 81 | 74 | 1454 | ||
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 44 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Diphtheria: Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 39 | ||
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 225 | |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 203 | ||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 17 | ||
| Premature Birth | 119 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 151 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 164 | ||
| Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 32 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 53 | |
| Injury at Birth | 14 | ... | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 4 | ||
| Want of Breast-milk | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 18 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 43 | 25 | 36 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 73 | ||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 16 | ||
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 6 | ||
| Meningitis(not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 27 | ||
| Convulsions | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 81 | ||
| Bronchitis | ... | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 89 | ||
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ||
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 122 | ||
| Suffocation, overlaying | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 17 | |||
| Other Causes | 5 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 59 | |||
| 208 | 53 | 62 | 52 | 375 | 159 | 152 | 98 | 88 | 98 | 81 | 87 | 76 | 85 | 81 | 74 | 1454 | |||
| Births in the year | legitimate 10,508 | Population, estimated to middle of 1906 ... 307.176 | |||||||||||||||||
| illegitimate 160 | Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants 1406 | |||||||||||||||||
| illegitimate infants 48 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 5,435. | |||||||||||||||||||