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Stepney 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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MILE END 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 Causes.Certified771619291415030373019332229113228462
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.,Smallpox..................................
Chicken-pox................................
Measles..................122123516
Scarlet Fever..........................1....1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)................1......1..2..4
Whooping Cough....112..3321322..2424
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms....12382886441..4351
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis....112327212..2..3226
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..11243..1................8
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth4854158311................63
Congenital Defects9..13136111......1......23
Injury at Birth7......7......................7
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus7367237876231614270
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis......11............2....216
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..........21................14
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1............1..2
OtherCauses.Erysipelas............11................2
Syphilis......112..11..............5
Rickets......................1........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1..2..612..1..13
Convulsions32117....2112231120
Bronchitis....1124414311..12124
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..2..3553112751056858
Suffocation, overlying3....25232l11......1..16
Other Causes..32385......121..1....18
771619291415030373019332229113228462

Births in the year
legitimate, 3,846
illegitimate, 68
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,869
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 118,336
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 447
illegitimate infants, 15