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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MILE END 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 Tear. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Certified | 78 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 144 | 63 | 31 | 37 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 431 | |||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | ||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | 15 | ||||
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 35 | |||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gantro-enteritis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | .. | ...... | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 20 | ||||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 45 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 58 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | |||
| Congenital Defects | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 21 | ||||
| Injury at Birth | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | ||||
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 75 | ||||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
| Syphilis | . . | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | ||||
| Rickets | . . | .. | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 3 | i | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 27 | ||||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 4 | l | 5 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 31 | ||||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 50 | ||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | ||||
| Other Causes | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 21 | ||||
| 78 | 23 | 29 | 14 | 144 | 63 | 31 | 37 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 431 | |||||
| Births in the year | legitimate, | 3,764 | Population, estimated to middle of 1907 | 117,529 | |||||||||||||||||
| illegitimate, | 68 | Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, | 413 | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,708 | illegitimate infants, | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||