Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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LIMEHOUSE DIVISION.
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. | o-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. | |
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All 1 Causes. | Certified | 43 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 256 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 15 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 22 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 |
Congenital Defects | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 43 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mosenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 15 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | l | l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 18 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19 | |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Other Causes | 2 | .. | l | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | • • | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
43 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 72 | 29 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 8 | 256 |
^ legitimate 1,886
Births in the year J
( illegitimate 32
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,033.
Population, estimated to middle of 1909 . . 58,963
_ ,, . ,, „ ( legitimate infants 244
Deaths m the year of j ilfegitimate infants 12