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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WHITECHAPEL 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 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 223 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | |
Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 11 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 29 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 20 | 4 | 2 | .. | 26 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 |
Congenital Defects | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | |
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | |||||||||||
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 18 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mosenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | l | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ...... | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 42 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | |
Other Causes | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
35 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 223 |
Birth,in the year legitimate, 2,093 illegitimate, 36
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,148
Population, estimated to middle of 1909 81,197
legitimate infants, 214 illegitimate infants, 9