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 or 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 | 14 | 12 | 100 | |||||||
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | |||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tubertulous) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
Convulsions | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | l | ||||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 10 | |||||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 29 | 11 | |||||
Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | ||
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Congenital Malformations | .. | 1 | .. | l | .. | 1 | |||||
Premature Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | l | 11 | .. | ||||||||
Other causes | 1 | 1 | .. | l | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | |||
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
100 | 68 |
Nett Births in
the year
legitimate, 3,006
illegitimate, 46
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 316
illegitimate infants, 11
(6)