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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MILE END 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. | |
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All Causes. | Certified | 80 | 14 | 21 | 19 | 134 | 43 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 391 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..1 | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 22 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 40 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 38 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 52 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 58 |
Congenital Defects | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |
Injury at Birth | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... , | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 12 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 60 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Other Causes. | Frysipelas | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | 6 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Convulsions | 7 | 1 | .. | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 27 | |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 22 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 47 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | |
Other Causes | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | |
80 . | 14 | 21 | 19 | 134 | 43 | 39 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 391 |
legitimate, 3,608
Births in the year illegitimate, 66
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,663
Population, estimated to middle of 1909 119,159
legitimate infants, 370
Deaths in the year of illegitimate infants, 21