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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)