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Stepney 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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ST. GEORGE S DIVISION.

TABLE V.

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.Certified4651547023281922181579201825274
Uncertified..............••..............••..
Small-pox..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Chicken-pox..................................
Measles................1..2....21511
Scarlet Fever............................123
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..........................1..12
Whooping Cough..............11111..3..9
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms....1..13325..33..31125
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis..........12312..1....1213
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh1..1..232....1........1..9
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2022226..1..................27
Congenital Defects1023116....1................17
Injury at Birth4......4......................4
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3......3263534..311233
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis............1....1......1216
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..........................1....2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........12112....1....210
Other Causes.Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis............1..................1
Rickets......................1....2..3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................1......2
Convulsions212..53322..2..1......18
Bronchitis1..3..441321....141124
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia2......22....26......54728
Suffocation, overlying2..114143111..........15
Other Causes1..2..322........112....11
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Births in the yearlegitimate,2,072Population, estimated to middle of 190752,150
illegitimate,35Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants,262
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 922illegitimate infants,12