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.
| 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, | 0-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Y ear. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 87 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 215 | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | ||
| Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Castro-enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 26 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 39 |
| Congenital Defects | 10 | 2 | 1 | .. | 13 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |
| Inj ury at Birth | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 26 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Syphilis . | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 13 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 52 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 87 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 215 | ||
Birtlis in tlie .year
legitimate, 1,887
illegitimate. 65
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,010
Population, estimated to middle of 1909 .82,017
Peaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 198
Iillegitimate infants, 17