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Stepney 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV. —Infant Mortality.

1916.

MILE END 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.Certified57201069361463431268
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles................11
Scarlet Fever..............112
Whooping Cough............42412
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............314
Abdominal Tuberculosis............11..3
Other Tuberculous Diseases................22
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............3..25
Convulsions11215431215
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........711211
Pneumonia (all forms)....1..1879934
Diarrhœa111..310910335
Enteritis..........1......1
Gastritis....................
Syphilis1......1........1
Rickets..............112
Suffocation, overlying2......2..1....8
Injury at Birth7......7........7
Atelectasis41....51......6
Congenital Malformations111..3..11..5
Premature Birth3492146........46
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus5532151791446
Other causes12..2556l118
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis............1214
Totals57201069361463434268