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.
1912.
ST. GEORGE'S 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 ( Certified Causes, Uncertified | 29 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 202 |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 9 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 27 |
| Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 50 |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 |
| G astritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Injury at Birth .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Atelectasis .. .. .. .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 17 | .. | .. | 4 | 23 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 24 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 21 |
| Other causes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 10 |
| 29 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 49 | 44 | 45 | 35 | 29 | 202 | |
| Nett Births j legitimate, 1,536 Nett Deaths in ( legitimate infants, 190 in the year j illegitimate, 40 the year of (illegitimate infants, 12 | ||||||||||
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