London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Stepney 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Measles 1
Meningitis 1
Murder 1
Peritonitis 3
Rupture of Varicose Veins of Stomach 1
Senility 1
Shock while undergoing a necessary operation under the
influence of an anassthetic 5
Suicide 23
Tetanus 1
Affecting Children (under five years of age): —
Accidents 9
Accidents and Inattention at Birth 13
Accidental Suffocation caused by clothes in the cradle 1
Atelectasis 3
Bronchitis 9
Burns and Scalds 29
Carbon Monoxide poisoning probably arising from a
coke fire in the yard 1
Congenital Defects 3
Convulsions 46
Diarrhœa 12
Diphtheria 1
Enlarged Thymus Gland 1
Gastric Catarrh 1
Heart Failure 2
Improper feeding 1
, Inanition 3
Marasmus 7
Measles 11
Meningitis 3
Murder 1
Overlain in bed by parents 55
Pneumonia 17
Premature births 20
Stomatitis 2
Tuberculosis 1
Tubercular Meningitis 2
Whooping Cough 3
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