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Stepney 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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

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. CertifiedM.343624515271716120
F.20641311529101297
Small-poxM...............................
F...............................
Chicken-poxM...............................
F...............................
2 MeaslesM...............................
F...............................
3 Scarlet FeverM...............................
F...............................
4 Whooping CoughM...................2125
F................11226
5 Diphtheria and CroupM.........................11
F.........................11
10 Tuberculous Meningitis (a)M...................1......1
F......................1...1
10 Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)M...............................
F...............................
10 Other TuberculousDiseases (c)M..........11......1...2
F.........................11
1l SyphilisM................11......2
F.1.........12.........3
19 BronchitisM.1.........1...21...4
F................1.........1
20 Pneumonia (all forms)M.121...4324821
F....3l...4322415
23 Diarrhoea (a)M................114...6
F...................4......4
23 Enteritis (b)M................493319
F................3165125
27 GastritisM.1.........21.........3
F...............................
31 Congenital Malformations (a)M.3.........3121...7
F....1......1............1
31 Premature Birth (b)M.1211...141.........15
F.1012114............14
31 Atrophy, Debility &Marasmus (c)M.1...11314......8
F................11...13
31 Atelectasis (a)M.11.........11............11
F.2.........21.........3
31 Injury at Birth(e)M.2.........2............2
F.1.........1............1
31 Convulsions (f)M...............................
F...................1......1
34 Suffocation, overlyingM...............................
F..................................
35 Rickets (a)M...................1......1
F................1.........1
35 Meningitis (not tuberculous) (b)M.............1......12
F.......1...2.........13
35 Laryngitis (c)M...............................
F...............................
35 Erysipelas (a)M...............................
F...................1......1
35 Other causes (e)M.2...2...4122110
F.6.........623...112
Totals5491037630562728217