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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: The deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age are shown in the table below:—

The deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age are shown in the table below:—

Cause ok DeathUnder 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.Certifiedm508746939323119190
F216513322232019117
Small-poxm...............................
F...............................
Chicken-poxm...............................
F...............................
2 Measlesm......................246
F......................459
3 Scarlet Feverm......................3...3
F.........................22
4 Whooping Coughm................1...3...4
F...................12...3
5 Diphtheria and Croupm...................l......1
F......................2...2
10 Tuberculous MeningitisM...............................
F...............................
10 Abdominal TuberculosisM...............................
F...............................
10 Other Tuberculous DiseasesM......................1...1
11 SyphilisF................1.........1
M...............................
19 BronchitisF...............................
m.......1...1l3......5
F.......1...1............1
20 Pneumonia (all forms)M....31...4867732
F.12115563524
23 Diarrhoeam.......21315156746
F................885425
23 Enteritism................446...14
F................21137
27 Gastritis ... ... ..._r m.......
F.......1...1
31 Congenital Malformationsr m.7i...210414
F.3l......44
31 Premature Birth ...r M.242...262i29
F.10...102i13
31 Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus
r m.32163...110
31 Atelectasis ......F.12...33...8
r m.6...61...7
31 Injury at Birth ...1 F.3...314
f M.5...55
31 Convulsions1 F.2134
f M.......
34 Suffocation, overlyingF....
f m....
F....
35 Ricketsr m.......
1 F.
35 Meningitis (not tuberculous)r m....i"i
1 F....ll
35 Laryngitisr m.......
1 F.............
35 Erysipelas .m..........
F.......
35 Other causesf m.52183l12
F.2143I8
36 111 definedm...............................
F:..............................
Totals711412510261555138307