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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Infant Mortality, 1925.

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

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

Cause of DeathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks.3 4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months6-9 months.9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under One Year
All Causes.Certified..............................
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................1113
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Whooping Cough...............24131029
Diarrhoea...12361643181396
Enteritis..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1315
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................112
Congenital Malformations91...111321...17
Premature Birth4977265............65
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus8213141073...34
Atelectasis6.........6............6
Injury at Birth111......12............12
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis...1......12...1...4
Rickets..............................
Meningitis (not tuberculous)...............32218
Convulsions4.........41...1...6
Gastritis..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............531110
Pneumomia (all forms)1...1241622131772
Suffocation, overlying.........113.........4
Other causes641112333324
Total9417121213664896147397