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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Uncertified | |||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Convulsions | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | |||||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |||||||||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | |||||||
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |||||||
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Atelectasis | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Congenital .Malformations | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Premature Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | |||||
Other causes | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 10 | |||||||
11 | |||||||||||||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate, 1,544 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, 148 | ||||||||||
illegitimate, 36 | illegitimate infants, 14 |
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