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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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. | Certified | 125 | 42 | 26 | 21 | 214 | 140 | 124 | 90 | 88 | 656 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 34 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous ) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Convulsions | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 36 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 38 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 92 | |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 29 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 97 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Suffocation, overling | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 14 | |
| Injury at Birth | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | |
| Atelectasis | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| Premature Birth | 74 | 21 | 7 | 4 | 106 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 106 | |
| Atrophy,, Debility and Marasmus | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 33 | 28 | 5 | 7 | 95 | |
| Other causes | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 34 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Totals | 125 | 42 | 26 | 21 | 214 | 140 | 124 | 90 | 88 | 656 | |