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Stepney 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1914.

BOROUGH OF STEPNEY.

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.	Certified	178	51	44	31	304	176	200	155	165	1000
All Causes.	Uncertified
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Measles		..	1	..	..	..	2	3	10	29	45
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	9	5	7	14	35
Diphtheria and Croup		..	..	..	..	..	. .	..	5	4	9
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	5	4	8	1 7
Abdominal Tuberculosis		..	..	..	..	..	1	5	1	1	8
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	3	5	4	12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous J		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	3	6
Convulsions		..	..	1	4	20	8	11	7	1	47
Laryngitis		..	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	2
Bronchitis		..	..	3	1	4	18	17	9	5	53
Pneumonia (all forms)		..	..	4	4	12	17	17	17	29	92
Diarrhoea		..	1	3	3	7	49	55	53	40	204
Enteritis		..	..	4	1	5	3	7	3	5	23
Gastritis		1	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	3
Syphilis		..	..	3	..	4	5	3	3	1	16
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	3
Suffocation, overlying		6	..	..	..	6	16	15	2	1	40
Injury at Birth		15		..	..	15	..	..	..	..	15
Atelectasis		20	3	2	3	28	4	1	..	..	33
Congenital Malformations		4	5	1	..	10	5	1	1	1	18
Premature Birth		101	17	11	7	136	6	1	..	..	143
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus		18	9	9	4	40	23	39	16	14	132
Other causes		4	4	3	3	14	7	6	5	3	35
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	1	4
Totals		178	54	44	31	301	176	200	155	165	1000

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Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 7,846
illegitimate, 137
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 956
illegitimate infants, 44