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Stepney 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1911.

MILE END DIVISION.

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.
AllCauses.Certified8921161213881968467466
Uncertified....................
Small-pox..........1......1
Chicken-pox....................
Measles............291223
Scarlet Fever................11
Diphtheria and Croup............1113
Whooping Cough..........13127
Diarrhoea....1..323353414109
Enteritis....1..1422514
Tuberculous Meningitis..........12317
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)............1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........13116
Congenital Malformations (c)322..73..2..12
Premature Birth56922692......71
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus63521616138255
Atelectasis9......9..1....10
Inj ury at Birth7......7........7
Erysipelas..........1..1..2
Syphilis........221....5
.Rickets....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........11147
Convulsions........8362322
Gastritis....................
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis....1..1663319
Pneumonia (all forms)1..2..51011131756
Suffocation, overlaying21....3432..12
Other causes232..7251116
8921161213881968467466

Nett Births in { legitimate, 3,318 Nett Deaths in { legitimate infants, 1,776
the year {illegitimate, 42 the year of { illegitimate infants, 16