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Stepney 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1914.

WHITECHAPEL 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.Certified408455726291725154
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..1....1....247
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough................248
Diphtheria and Croup..............213
Erysipelas............1....1
Tuberculous Meningitis................29
Abdominal Tuberculosis............1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1..23
Convulsions............11..4
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........15129
Pneumonia (all forms)........2232110
Diarrhoea........21096330
Enteritis....................
Gastritis....................
Syphilis............2....9
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying1......132....6
Injury at Birth5......5........5
Atelectasis6......7........7
Congenital Malformations..2....23......5
Premature Birth2122..26........26
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus421..753....22
Other causes1......2..1....3
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis....................
Totals408455726291725154

Nett Births in
the year
legitimate, 1,493
illegitimate, 31
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 142
illegitimate infants, 12