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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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under
One Year of Age.
Cause op 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 underOne Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Certified | 89 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 138 | 81 | 96 | 84 | 67 | 466 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 23 | 35 | 34 | 14 | 109 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Congenital Malformations (c) | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 12 | |
Premature Birth | 56 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 71 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 55 | |
Atelectasis | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | |
Inj ury at Birth | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
.Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 22 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 56 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 12 | |
Other causes | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
89 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 138 | 81 | 96 | 84 | 67 | 466 |
Nett Births in { legitimate, 3,318 Nett Deaths in { legitimate infants, 1,776
the year {illegitimate, 42 the year of { illegitimate infants, 16