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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Infant Mortality.
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 | 116 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 176 | 97 | 124 | 91 | 92 | 580 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | ||
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 9 | |
| Diptheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | 9 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous ) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 9 | 5 | 37 | ||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Bronchitis | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 64 | |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 33 | 23 | 118 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | .. | .. | 14 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
| Injury at Birth | 14 | .. | .. | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | ||
| Congenital Malformations | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Premature Birth | 60 | 7 | 5 | 77 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 77 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 91 | |||
| Other causes | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 24 | |
| Ant. Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| 116 | 22 | 17 | 176 | 97 | 124 | 91 | 92 | 580 | |||