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Stepney 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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MILE END DIVISION.

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.

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.1-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.(5-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Y ear.
AllCauses.Uertifiecl551912151013826311827131527231818355
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..........................1....1
Measles..................12..231110
Scarlet Fever..........................1....1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)......................1... .....1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Whooping Cough..........3..22232313223
Diarrhœa, all forms......111361514541234
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis..1....1112..4......12113
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........12..........1......4
WastingDiseases.Premature Birth3552..422....................44
Congenital Defects62..21033....1............17
Injury at Birth11....2............... .......2
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation............................. .....
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus655319988952..133..67
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis ...................1112......5
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica............11............114
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1..........1..2....5
Other Causes.Erysipelas................... .....1......1
Syphilis..1..23111................6
Rickets................,,......12......14
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......11..................1..2
Convulsions123..621232..1....2..19
Bronchitis......222..2..2....1..2..11
Laryngitis..............1................1
Pneumonia21..25713122310521051
Suffocation, overlying211..4342..1....11....16
Other Causes2..125211111....1....13
551912151013826311827131527231818355

legitimate, 3,493
Births in the year
Iillegitimate, 60
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,553
Population, estimated to middle of 1910
120,717
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 3:58
illegitimate infants, 17