[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney] page 87

Stepney 1920

[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 for the whole Borough.

Causb 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	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
_Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	10	15
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	3	6
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	5	6	10	5	26
Diarrhoea	2	3	1	2	8	12	28	22	7	77
Enteritis	..	1	..	..	1	..		..	1	2
Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	3	1	7
Abdominal Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	2	1	6
Congenital Malformations	4	1	2	2	9	2	1	1	. .	13
Premature Birth	72	7	5	5	89	9	2	1	1	102
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus	7	7	6	5	25	17	18	10	2	72
Atelectasis	15	..	..	2	17	..	..	..	..	17
Injury at Birth	12	..	1	1	14	..	..	..	. .	14
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	. .	..	. .	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	1	1	2	1	. .	..	1	4
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous J	..	..	..			2	4	4	2	12
Convulsions	7	..	3	2	23	9	1	5	3	41
	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	. .	. .	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	1	1	3	1	6	21	7	10	1	45
Pneumonia (all forms)	3	..	4	6	13	49	43	31	29	165
Suffocation, overlying	1	..	..	1	2	1	1	1	..	5
Other causes	4	2	4	1	11	4	8	3	1	27
	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	4
Totals	128	33	30	29	220	137	127	108	71	663