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.
WHITECHAPEL 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 34 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 163 | |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 25 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Pickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Premature Birth | 24 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 37 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |
| Other causes | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | |
| 34 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 57 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 23 | 163 | ||
| Nett Births in the year | legitimate | 1,623 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitim&te infants | 157 | ||||||
| illegitimate | 62 | illegitimate infants | 6 | ||||||||
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