London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stepney 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Suicide | 21 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 |
| Affecting Children (under five years of age):— | |
| Accidents | 5 |
| Accidents and Inattention at Birth | 7 |
| Atelectasis | 4 |
| Bronchitis | 4 |
| Burns and Scalds | 12 |
| Congenital deformity | 1 |
| Congestion of Lungs | 1 |
| Convulsions | 40 |
| Diarrhoea | 7 |
| Diphtheria | 1 |
| Epilepsy | 1 |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 2 |
| Inanition | 2 |
| Laryngitis | 1 |
| Marasmus | 2 |
| Measles | 11 |
| Overlying and suffocation in bed with the parents | 40 |
| Peritonitis | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 17 |
| Premature births | 12 |
| Respiratory obstruction | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 |
There were 15 deaths due to accidents caused by motor omnibuses, 1 by taxicab
and 3 by electric trams—an increase of 4 deaths over that in the preceding
year.
The following is a list of the Outlying Institutions and the number of residents who died in them during the year:—
| Babies Home, Shore ditch | 1 |
| Bethnal Green Infirmary | 1 |
| Cancer Hospital | 3 |
| Central London Sick Asylum | 2 |
| Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 15 |
| Children's Hospital, Carshalton | 7 |
| Charing Cross Hospital | 1 |
| Cheyne Hospital | 1 |
| City of London Chest Hospital | 9 |
| City of London Lying-in Hospital | 2 |
| Cottage Hospital, Shooter's Hill | 1 |