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 1907
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cause of death. | Under 1 week. | I to 2 weeks. | 2 to 8 weeks. | 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 II months. | 11 to 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
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All Causes. | Certified | 38 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 173 |
Uncertified | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Chicken Pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | .. | . . | . . | . . | |
Measles | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
Scarlet Fever | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | |
Diphtheria: Croup | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | l | 3 | |
Whooping Cough | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | 7 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | l | l | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | 1 | 9 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | l | 1 | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . | 12 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 23 | 1 | 1 | . . | 25 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 25 |
Congenital Defects | 6 | l | . . | . . | 7 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 7 | |
Injury at Birth | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Want of Breast Milk | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | . . | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | 20 | |
T uber- culous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 3 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | l | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | |
Erysipelas | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Syphilis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | |
Rickets | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 4 | |
Convulsions | l | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||
Bronchitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | 3 | l | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . . | 3 | . . | . . | 20 | |
Laryngitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Pneumonia | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 19 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | |
Other Causes | 4 | 4 | 1 | . . | 9 | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 13 | |
38 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 173 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1907—47,649. Births in the year—legitimate 1,524, illegitimate 37. Deaths from all causes at all ages 681. |