Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1908 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
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All Causes. | {Certified | 23 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 97 | |
{Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
1. Common Infectious -Diseases | {Small-pox.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
{Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Diphtheria (includ{ing Membra{nous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
{Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | ||
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. | {Diarrhœa, all {forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | |
{Enteritis, Muco-{enteritis, Gastro{enteritis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | ||
{Gastritis, Gastro} {intestinal} {Catarrh} | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diseases | {Premature Birth | 13 | 1 | 1 | .. | 15 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |
{Congenital Defects | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
{Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
{Want of Breast-} {milk, Starvation} | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Airophy, Debility} {Marasmus} | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | ||
iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | {Tuberculous} {Meningitis} | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
{Tuberculous} {Peritonitis:Tabes} | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Mesenterica} {Other Tubercu} {lous Diseases} | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
v. Other Causes. | {Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
{Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
{Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
{Meningitis (not} {Tuberculous)} | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Convulsions | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
{Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | ||
{Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
{Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | ||
{suffocation} {overlying } | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
{Other causes | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | ||
23 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 43 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 97 |
Population estimated to middle of 1908, 92,654.
Births in the year
legitimate, 1,326.
illegitimate, 29.
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 87.
illegitimate infants, 10.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 803.
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