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Table: BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.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 1909.

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	Certified	199	39	44	37	319	123	103	87	73	62	59	61	59	66	61	57	1130
All Causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
	Measles	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	2	6	15	7	16	15	12	77
	Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	2
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	..	1	2	3	3	12
	Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	4	3	2	1	2	2	6	23
Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhoea, all forms	..	..	..	..	..	8	10	12	10	7	5	4	10	2	2	1	71
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	1	1	1	1	4	12	22	21	18	12	12	8	4	8	4	4	129
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	3	1	1	1	..	2	..	..	..	10
Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	108	16	16	6	146	7	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	156
	Congenital Defects	25	2	2	4	33	5	1	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	1	43
	Injury at Birth	16	..	..	..	16	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	16
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Atrophy, Debility,Marasmus	24	8	9	10	51	25	17	16	11	6	6	5	3	3	5	2	150
Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	1	2	3	3	2	15
	Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	6
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	2	4	1	..	4	2	1	1	..	18
Other Causes.	Erysipelas	..	..	1	..	1	..	1	..	1	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	6
	Syphilis	1	1	..	2	4	6	1	2	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	15
	Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	2	1	..	..	..	5
	Meningitis(not Tuberculosis)	..	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	..	12
	Convulsions	11	5	1	3	20	7	6	4	7	7	2	1	1	2	4	1	62
	Bronchitis	1	..	4	4	9	10	12	5	3	7	6	3	3	4	3	5	70
	Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Pneumonia	..	1	3	3	7	16	10	5	7	4	9	9	17	18	14	19	135
	Suffocation, overlying	6	..	2	3	11	10	5	8	3	2	..	..	..	1	..	..	40
	Other Causes	6	4	4	1	15	13	9	3	1	1	4	2	2		3	1	54
		199	39	44	37	319	123	103	87	73	62	59	61	59	66	61	57	1130

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Births in the rear
legitimate, 9,326
illegitimate, 176
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 4,759
Population, estimated to middle of 1909 312,525
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 1,076
illegitimate infants, 54

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Stepney 1909

Table: BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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