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. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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