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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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. | ||||
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Certified | 30 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 40 | 32 | 22 | 171 | ||||
Uncertified | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||||
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |||||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 20 | ||||||
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 21 | ||||
Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Suffocation, overlying | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | |||||||
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Atelectasis .. .. .. .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
Congenital Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | |||||
Premature Birth | 19 | 2 | .. | .. | 26 | |||||||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 22 | |||||
Other causes .. .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | ||||||
30 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 30 | 40 | 32 | 22 | 171 | |||||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate, 1,422 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, 165 | |||||||||||
illegitimate, 3 2 | (illegitimate infants, 6 |
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