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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Certified | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 37 | 62 | 36 | 52 | 227 | |
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | . . | 1 | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 13 | 16 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 7 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 28 | |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 34 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Pickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Atelectasis | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | ||||
Congenital Malformations | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||||
Premature Birth | 9 | 4 | 3 | .. | 19 | 21 | |||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 23 | 44 | |||
Other causes | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Totals | 16 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 40 | 37 | 62 | 36 | 52 | 227 |
Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 1,459
illegitimate, 32
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 215
illegitimate infants, 12