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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 1938

[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 of 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. Certified.m22253321816151091
F.123512192212874
Small-poxm...............................
F...............................
Chicken-poxm...............................
F...............................
2Measlesm...................1124
F...................1113
3Scarlet Feverm...............................
F..............................
4Whooping Coughm................1...1...2
F...............11125
5Diphtheria and CroupM...............................
F...............................
10aTuberculous Meningitism.........................11
F.........................11
10bAbdominal TuberculosisM...............................
F...............................
10cOther Tuberculous Diseasesm...............................
F...................1......1
11SyphilisM...............2.........2
F.............1.........12
19BronchitisM...................1......1
F................1.........1
20Pneumonia (all forms)m.......2...6425219
F......2...2452...13
23aDiarrhoeaM................766524
F................274114
23bEnteritisM...............................
F...............................
27GastritisM...............................
F...............................
31aCongenital MalformationsM................1.........1
F.......2...2............2
31bPremature BirthM.13...3...17............17
F.72......91.........10
31cAtrophy, Debility & MarasmusM..........1111......3
F...................2......2
31AtelectasisM.3.........3............3
F.2.........2............2
31eInjury at Birthm.1.........1............1
F.1.........1............1
31fConvulsionsM.1.........1............1
F...............................
34Suffocation, overlyingM...............................
F...............................
35aRicketsM...............................
F...............................
35bMeningitis (not tuberculous)M............................2
F..........11.........12
35cLaryngitisM...............................
F...............................
35 dErysipelasM...............................
F...............................
35eOther causesM.3.........3...2......6
f.1.........3...42...9
3611 definedM...............................
F...............................
Totals3451045327382718163