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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Affecting Children (under five years of age):—
Accidents | 8 |
Accidents and Inattention at Birth | 12 |
Atelectasis | 7 |
Bronchitis | 3 |
Burns and Scalds | 12 |
Congenital Deformity | 1 |
Convulsions | 35 |
Diarrhoea | 9 |
Diphtheria | 3 |
Gastro-Enteritis | 3 |
Icterus Neonatorum | 1 |
Inanition | 2 |
Laryngismus Stridulus | 1 |
Marasmus | 2 |
Measles | 9 |
Meningitis | 2 |
Middle Ear Disease | 1 |
Overlying and suffocation in bed with the parents | 37 |
Pneumonia | 19 |
Premature births | 14 |
Respiratory obstruction | 3 |
Shock from administration of an anaesthetic during an operation | 2 |
Status Lymphaticus | 3 |
Tubercular Meningitis | 3 |
Tuberculosis | 3 |
Whooping Cough | 1 |
Septicaemia | 2 |
Spasm of Glottis | 1 |
The following is a list of the Outlying Institutions and the number of residents who died in them during the year:—
Battersea Infirmary | 1 |
Belmont Workhouse | 1 |
Bethnal Green Infirmary | 7 |
Bromley House Institution | 42 |
Brompton Hospital | 23 |
Central London Throat and Ear Hospital | 1 |
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street | 9 |
Charing Cross Hospital | 1 |