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Stepney 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV. —Infant Mortality.

1916.

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
All Causes.Certified1254226212141401249088656
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles......11112510
Scarlet Fever..............112
Whooping Cough......225108934
Diphtheria and Croup................33
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..........11349
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)..........322..7
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1..34
Meningitis (not Tuberculous )1..........3239
Convulsions522413875336
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1....11875738
Pneumonia (all forms)1..2..31821222892
Diarrhœa12328292825797
Enteritis....1..13..1..5
Gastritis....................
Syphilis11....21......3
Rickets............1113
Suffocation, overling4..11662....14
Injury at Birth17......17........17
Atelectasis92....112......13
Congenital Malformations32117222114
Premature Birth742174106........106
Atrophy,, Debility and Marasmus67632233285795
Other causes343313882334
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis..........224311
Totals1254226212141401249088656