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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 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Table 3.
INFANT MORTALITY. 1953.
Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
(Compiled from Local Death Returns)
| Code. | CAUSES OF DEATH | AGE PERIODS | TOTAL DEATHS WIDER 1 YEAR | PERCENT OF TOTAL. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 24 hours | 1-6 -days | Weeks | Total under 4 wks. | Months | |||||||||
| 1- | 2- | 3- | |||||||||||
| 1- | 4- | 7- | 10- | ||||||||||
| 5. | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1.35 |
| 6. | Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 2.70 |
| 8. | Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1.35 | |
| 14. | Other malignant and lymphatic neoplasms | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | — | 1 | 1.35 |
| 17. | Vascular lesions of nervous system | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2.70 |
| 20. | Other Heart disease | l | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1.35 |
| 21. | Other circulatory diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1.35 |
| 23. | Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 7 | 9.50 |
| 24. | Bronchitis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2.70 |
| 25. | Other diseases of respiratory system | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1.35 |
| 27. | Gastritis, enteritis and diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 12.15 |
| 31. | Congenital malformations | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | 16.20 |
| 32. | Other Defined and Ill Defined Diseases | ||||||||||||
| a. | Premature birth | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 17 | - | - | - | — | 17 | 22.95 |
| c. | Birth injuries | - | 1 | - | — | - | 1 | - | - | — | — | 1 | 1.35 |