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Stepney 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV—Infant Mortality.

1914.

LIMEHOUSE DIVISION.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under

One Year of Age.

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.
All Causes.Certified397655746554434236
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox..............1..1
Measles..........125412
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........2..136
Diphtheria and Croup..............123
Erysipelas............1....1
Tuberculous Meningitis................33
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........13....4
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............314
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................
Convulsions31116332..14
Laryngitis............1....1
Bronchitis..........552113
Pneumonia (all forms)......11646421
Diarrhoea..........1021141358
Enteritis....................
Gastritis.............., .....
Syphilis..........1..2..3
Rickets........... .1......1
Suffocation, overlying3......3151..11
Injury at Birth3......3........3
Atelectasis4......531....9
Congenital Malformations..21..32......5
Premature Birth2213..28........28
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus431..8785..30
Other causes..........311..5
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis....................
Totals397655746554434236

Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 1,743
illegitimate, 18
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 230
illegitimate infants, 6