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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 1929

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Table: Infant Mortality, 1929.Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough.

Infant Mortality, 1929.

Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age for the whole Borough.

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.
AllCauses.Certified74761310058687870374
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox1.........1............1
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................4711
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Whooping Cough...............54101130
Diarrhoea.........111316251368
Enteritis...............12......3
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1l24
Congenital Malformations521210121115
Premature Birth46123521.........53
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus2......24710122
Atelectasis5.........5............5
Injury at Birth5.........5............5
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Syphilis..................1......1
Rickets..................1......1
Meningitis (not tuberculous)...1...1...3...37
Convulsions1.........12...115
Gastritis..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........22354216
Pneumomia (all forms)511...71417232687
Suffocation, overlying...............11......2
Other causes422311958235
Total74761310058687870374