Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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Infant Mortality.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough.
| []Cause op Death. | Under 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | |
| Small-pox | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | s . | . . | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | . . | |
| measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Diarrhœa | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 12 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 91 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Abdolminal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 9 | 4 | 2 | .. | 15 | 4 | 1 | . . | . . | 20 | |
| Premature Birth | 68 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 98 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | 101 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 41 | |
| Atelectasis | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 9 | |
| Injury at Birth | 11 | . . | .. | .. | 11 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 11 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | . . | . . | 6 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | . . | . . | 1 | .. | 1 | . . | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 5 | 3 | . 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | ||
| Laryngitis | . . | . . | .. | .. | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 29 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 2 | .. | . . | 4 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 48 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | . . | . . | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | . . | 6 | |
| Other causes | 5 | 1 | i | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 19 | |
| .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 114 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 182 | 75 | 74 | 54 | 47 | 432 | |