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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All Causes. | Certified | 161 | 41 | 38 | 33 | 273 | 162 | 191 | 157 | 134 | 917 |
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 13 | 23 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
Meningitis fnot Tuberculous.) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||
Convulsions | .. | 6 | .. | 23 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 56 | ||
Laryngitis . . . . ., | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | 2 | .. | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 46 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 28 | 32 | 120 | |
Diarrhoea | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 43 | 31 | 147 | |
Enteritis | 2 | 1. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 36 | 17 | 18 | 99 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 14 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlying | 8 | .. | .. | 5 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 37 | |
Injury at Birth | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |
Atelectasis | 14 | 3 | .. | 2 | 20 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 21 | |
Congenital Malformations | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | |
Premature Birth | 90 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 117 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 121 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 37 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 111 | |
Other causes | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 37 | |
161 | 41 | 38 | 33 | 273 | 162 | 191 | 157 | 134 | 917 |
Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 8,011
illegitimate, 154
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 860
illegitimate infants, 57
(8)