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Stepney 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1911.

ST. GEORGES DIVISION.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under

One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.'2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified246734064565167268
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox..................
Measles............171220
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup..........11..13
Whooping Cough....................
Diarrhoea........11420201772
Enteritis..........155415
Tuberculous Meningitis............3216
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)............1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases............3115
Congenital Malformations (c)2....13111..6
Premature Birth143..l183......21
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus3..3..615105238
Atelectasis211..41....27
Injury at Birth....................
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis2....132....16
Rickets................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1• •12
Convulsions..........75..114
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........512210
Pneumonia (all forms)..1....11281830
Suffocation, overlying....1..132....6
Other causes11....2......35
246734054565167268

Nett Births legitimate, 1,530
in the year illegitimate, 40
Nett Deaths in legitimate infants, 839
the year of illegitimate infants, 15