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Stepney 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1911.

LIMEHOUSE DIVISION.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under

One Year of Age.

Cause or Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified44139127863776065343
Uncertified................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox................11
Measles............191020
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Whooping Cough..............134
Diarrhoea....1341131211683
Enteritis....1..151241032
Tuberculous Meningitis..............1..1
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)..............1..1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............134
Congenital Malformations (c)421..71..1110
Premature Birth29943454......49
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus3112716141341
Atelectasis..........2......2
Injury at Birth5......5........5
Erysipelas..............1..1
Syphilis..........2......2
Rickets..............1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1315
Convulsions311..5542..16
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis......11844118
Pneumonia (all forms)......114871434
Suffocation, overlying..........32....5
Other causes......222..228
44139127863776065343

Nett Births ( legitimate, 1,766
in the year ) illegitimate, 41
Nett Deaths in ( legitimate infants, 1,176
the year of I illegitimate infants, 16