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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Stepney 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Infant Mortality.Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough.

Infant Mortality.

Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough.

Cause of DeathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under One Year
All Causes.Certified............• •......
Uncertified...............•............
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1131015
Scarlet Fever...............• • •...• . •11
Diphtheria and Croup...............113510
L Whooping Cough ..................5782040
Diarrhœa.........12131881051
Enteritis..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...........................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1...12
Congenit-il Malformations8.........32...1...6
Pr mature Birth594...3682.........70
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus82...41814143...49
Atelectasis4......15......• • •...5
Injury at Birth15.........15............15
Erysipelas.....................1...1
Syphilis..................3......8
Rickets..............................
Meningitis (not tuberculous)......1...1427
Convulsions2381941...317
Gastritis..............................
Laryngitis.................................
Bronchitis......2351073126
Pneumomia (all forms)3...331126202837122
Suffocation, overlying1.... . .» • •13• • •• • •• • •4
Other causes23218336525
Influenza...• • •• • •• • •• * *28• • •27
Total9714181714686836497476