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Stepney 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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ST. GEORGE S DIVISION.

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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 CausesCertified321371163342522191416229181424280
Uncertified..............................••..
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..........11..1..26256933
Scarlet Fever..............................11
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..........................2....2
Whooping Cough................1112..1129
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms..11135876654241253
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis..........62..1..11..21..14
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..............1................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth153....181....................19
Congenital Defects94....13......................13
Inj ury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2..125447211..1..1..26
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis............12..2....211110
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..............................22
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1....21......11..6
Other Causes.Erysipelas....................1..........1
Syphilis......115............1......7
Pickets............1..................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1..2..1..15
Convulsions4..1..5231....11........13
Bronchitis..2226312....11..11..17
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..212521122351..1326
Suffocation, overlying..11353312..............14
Other Causesl......11....2............26
321371163342522191416229181424280

Births in the year
legitimate, 1,952
illegitimate, 30
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 910
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 52,674
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 271
illegitimate infants, 9