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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LIMEHOUSE DIVISION.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1907.
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 | 35 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 13 | ii | 22 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 243 | ||
| Uncertified | • • | • • | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | •• | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | |||
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 32 | |||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | |||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 20 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 31 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
| Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||||
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 43 | |||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | |||
| Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |||
| Bronchitis | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 17 | |||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Pneumonia | 1 | . . | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 27 | |||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
| Other Causes | 1 | •• | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | • • | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
| 35 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 243 | ||||
| District (or Sub-division) of Limehouse | Population, estimated to middle of 1907 | 58,685 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Births in the year | lesritimate | 1.841 | Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 237 | |||||||||||||||
| illegitimate infants | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| illegitimate | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Deaths from all causes and all ages, 1,018. | ||||||||||||||||||||