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Stepney 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1914.

ST. GEORGE S 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.
AllCauses.Certified16101044037623652227
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox............1... .1
Measles..........1..21316
Scarlet Fever..............1..1
Whooping Cough............3228
Diphtheria and Croup............, ,..11
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis............3..14
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............1..1
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1124
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................
Convulsions..........131..7
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........334111
Pneumonia (all forms)........13441628
Diarrhoea....1..11377634
Enteritis..........252312
Gastritis................11
Syphilis........1..1....3
Pickets............11..2
Suffocation, overlying1......1..5....11
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Atelectasis121..4........4
Congenital Malformations2......2........2
Premature Birth943..19........21
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus112..4..23....44
Other causes..12..412....8
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis..........1..1..2
Totals16101044037623652227

Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 1,459
illegitimate, 32
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 215
illegitimate infants, 12