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Table: BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.TABLE V,Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.

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. 1	4-5 Months.	6-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Montis.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.
AllCauses.	Certified	199	42	54	52	347	161	101	106	89	72	73	80	64	62	84	81	1320
AllCauses.	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	1	5	15	7	10	13	16	70
	Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	3
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	2	3	3	1	10
	Whooping Cough	..	..	2	1	3	13	5	5	6	4	6	5	3	4	9	11	74
Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhoea, all forms	..	2	3	3	8	16	22	31	27	21	14	14	8	10	8	11	190
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gaatro-enteritis	..	..	2	3	5	15	1 1	12	7	4	6	5	3	3	7	2	80
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	1	1	2	4	4	3	4	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	16
Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	115	8	6	2	131	10	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	143
	Congenital Defects	32	5	7	6	50	9	4	2	1	1	..	2	1	..	..	..	70
	Injury at Birth	17	..	..	..	17	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	17
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	18	..	..	..	44	22	20	22	10	10	8	2	9	4	8	2	161
Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	3	1	4	..	2	3	4	4	4	27
	Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	1		1	..	..	..	..	..	3	8
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	4	3	1	2	..	..	1	2	..	14
OtherCauses.	Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	3
	Syphilis	..	..	..	..	3	9	..	1	3	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	17
	Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	4
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	3	3	7	4	2	2	1	1	25
	Convulsions..	11	3	4	1	19	9	4	4	3	1	5	4	4		2	]	56
	Bronchitis	..	8	6	5	19	14	7	5	6	4	2	4	2	2	7	3	75
	Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Pneumonia	..	4	2	5	11	12	10	4	4	10	13	18	16	16	19	22	151
	Suffocation, overlying	4	1	2	6	13	12	10	6	9	2	1	2	..	..	1	..	56
	Other Causes	2	6	6	5	19	10	l	..	2	4	3	2	2	2	..	2	47
		199	42	54	52	347	161	101	106	89	72	73	80	64	62	84	81	1320
Births in the year	legitimate, 9,951	Population, estimated to middle of 1908														310,706
Births in the year	illegitimate, 173	Deaths in the year of											legitimate infants,			1,267
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 5,176		Deaths in the year of											illegitimate infants,			53

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Stepney 1908

Table: BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.TABLE V,Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.