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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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

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

Cause or 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. CertifiedM17834321621111696
F.193212581913671
Small-poxM..............................
F...............................
Chicken-poxM...............................
F...............................
2 MeaslesM...............................
F...............................
3 Scarlet FeverM...............................
F...............................
4 Whooping CoughM.........................11
F...................2...24
5 Diphtheria and CroupM...............................
F...............................
10 Tuberculous MeningitisM......................1...1
F...............................
10 Abdominal TuberculosisM...............................
F...............................
10 Other Tuberculosis DiseasesM...............................
F...............................
11 SyphilisM...............................
F..............................
19 BronchitisM................211...4
F...................1......1
20 Pneumonia (all forms)M.12...25566527
F.......1...1143110
23 DiarrhoeaM................24...511
F................264113
23 EnteritisM.1.........113...16
F..................32...5
27 GastritisM......................1...1
F...............................
31 Congenital MalformationsM.41...1622......10
F.41......52...1...8
31 Premature BirthM.62......81.........9
F.10211141.........15
31 Atrophy, Debility & MarasmusM....1......12.........3
F3.........31.........4
31 AtelectasisM.1.........1............1
F.1.........1............1
31 Injury at BirthM...............................
F...............................
31 ConvulsionsM...............................
F................1.........1
34 Suffocation, overlyingM...............................
F...............................
35 RicketsM...................2......2
F...................1......1
35 Meningitis (not tuberculous)M..........11...1...24
F...................1......1
35 LaryngitisM...............................
F...............................
35 ErysipelasM...............................
F...............................
35 Other causesM.423...9122216
F.1.........1...1327
36 Ill definedM...............................
F...............................
Totals...3611555724402422167