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. | 0-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||||
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Certified | ||||||||||||||
Uncertified | ||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Convulsions | 6 | .. | ||||||||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | ||||||||||||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Enteritis | 2 | .. | ||||||||||||
Gastritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Atelectasis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||
Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Premature Birth | .. | .. | .. | |||||||||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | .. | |||||||||||||
Other causes | .. | .. | ||||||||||||
Nett Births in the year | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, 322 | ||||||||||||
illegitimate, 56 | illegitimate infants, 26 |
(6)