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Stepney 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1915.

ST. GEORGES 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.Certified237854327483035183
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..........1..337
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........1..326
Diphtheria and Croup................11
Erysipelas............1....1
Tuberculous Meningitis............11..2
Abdominal Tuberculosis............1113
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........11....2
Convulsions..........222..6
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis1....12..4..39
Pneumonia (all forms)..21..32321020
Diarrhœa..11..241281036
Enteritis..........311..5
Gastritis..........1......1
Syphilis............4....4
Rickets................11
Suffocation, overlying......111......2
Injury at Birth3......3........3
Atelectasis3..115........5
Congenital Malformations21....31..1..5
Premature Birth1414120l......21
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..11137178338
Other causes..1....121..15
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis....................
Totals237854327483035183

Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 1,322
illegitimate, 22
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 179
illegitimate infants, 4
(5)