London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Stepney 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

This page requires JavaScript

Infant Mortality.

WHITECHAPEL 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.
AllCauses (Certified....................
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles............1225
Scarlet Fever.....................
"Whooping Cough..........22....6
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................
Convulsions11....2..1..4
Laryngitis........................
Bronchitis............5..3..8
Pneumonia (all forms)......115711..29
Diarrhoea2325....10
Enteritis....................
Gastritis....................
Syphilis....1..1........1
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying............11..2
Injury at Birth3......3........3
Atelectasis2......2........2
Congenital Malformations1........11......2
Premature Birth11311161......17
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..11..213....6
Other causes2..1..31......4
Cerebro Spinal Fever....................
Totals2154434182018999