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Stepney 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.—Infant Mortality.

1915.

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.
AllCauses.	Certified	152	32	28	25	237	144	186	145	149	861
AllCauses.	Uncertified
Small-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	1	2	10	12	25
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2	4
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	4	2	6	9	21
Diphtheria and Croup		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	3	4	8
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	4
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	1	4	2	1	8
Abdominal Tuberculosis		..	..	..	..	..	2	5	4	2	13
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Meningitis(not Tuberculous )		..	1	..	..	1	2	3	2	2	10
Convulsions		10	4	..	1	15	15	11	13	1	55
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis		1	..	4	3	8	8	13	8	12	49
Pneumonia (all forms)		1	2	2	..	5	9	30	26	43	113
Diarrhœa		..	1	3	2	6	31	61	44	39	181
Enteritis		..	..	1	..	1	3	3	1	..	8
Gastritis		..	..	..	....	..	1	1	1	..	3
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	2	5	4	1	..	12
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Suffocation, overlying		1		..	..	6	8	1	..	. ...	15
Injury at Birth		..15	..	..	..	15	..	..	..	..	15
Atelectasis		18	2	..	..	25	..	..	..	..	25
Congenital Malformations		4	3	..	1	8	6	2	1	..	18
Premature Birth		88	8	..	..	111	7	..	..	..	118
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus		13	7	..	..	30	32	36	17	10	125
Other causes		1	2	..	1	4	5	4	3	5	21
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	2	2	..	³	7
Totals		152	32	28	25	237	144	186	145	149	861

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Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 7,344
illegitimate, 162
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 833
illegitimate infants, 28
(8)