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Stepney 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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ST. GEORGE'S 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.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.Certified41874602728231513131817191413260
Uncertified..............................• •..
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox....................................
Measles..................135234422
Scarlet Fever..........................• •......
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..........................11..2
Whooping Cough....................1..1..114
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms..........2432....122....16
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis1..1..27755223..51140
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh............1........• •........1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2442..301....................31
Congenital Defects8....1911..................11
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4......46451212112..29
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1....21217
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..........* *11........1......3
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1......2..1....4
Other Causes.Erysipelas......................1........2
Syphilis..............1..1..1• •......4
Rickets........................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..1....1..................1..2
Convulsions12....3..2232....1......13
Bronchitis....112122..32....22319
Laryngitis................1..............1
Pneumonia....12323..1..3363..327
Suffocation, overlying1......1212................6
Other Causes212..5421111..........15
41874602728231513131817191413260

Births in the year legitimate,1,739 illegitimate, 42
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 915
Population, estimated to middle of 1909 53,206
legitimate infants, 248
Deaths in the year of illegitimate infants, 12