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 the year 1905
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Infantile Mortality During The Year 1905. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1 to 2 months | 2 to 3 months. | 3 to 4 months. | 4 to 5 months. | 5 to 6 months. | 6 to 7 months. | 7 to 8 months. | 8 to 9 months. | 9 to 10 months. | 10 to 11 months. | 11 to 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
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Certified | 21 | 6 | 136 | 42 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 18 | |||||||
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Common Infectious Diseases | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Diarrhœa Diseases | Whooping Cough .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 10 | ||
Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 66 | ||||||||
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | ||||
Premature Birth | 52 | .. | .. | 61 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61 | |||
Wasting Diseases | Congenital Defects | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |||
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Want ot Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 60 | |||||
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |||
Convulsions | 2 | 6 | .. | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | •• | .. | .. | .. | 30 | ||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .. | |||||||||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||
Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | |||||
Other Causes | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
21 | 6 | 136 | 42 | 30 | 22 | 21 | 29 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 411 | |||||||
Population—Estimated middle of1905–114,512. Births in the year—legitimate 3,219, illegitimate71. Deaths from all causes at all ages 1,642. |