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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ST. GEORGE S 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 Month. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AllCauses. | Certified | 46 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 70 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 274 | ||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | |||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | ||||
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 13 | |||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | |||
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 26 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | |||
| Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 33 | |||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | |||
| Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |||
| Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 24 | |||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Pneumonia | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 4 | 7 | 28 | |||
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |||
| Other Causes | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | |||
| 46 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 70 | 23 | 28 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 274 | ||||
| Births in the year | legitimate, | 2,072 | Population, estimated to middle of 1907 | 52,150 | ||||||||||||||||
| illegitimate, | 35 | Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, | 262 | ||||||||||||||||
| Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 922 | illegitimate infants, | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||