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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

Deptford 1909

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909

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Table: Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Central Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Central Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909. 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 months3 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.
All Causes.Certified301374541414811128104986158
Uncertified• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Chicken Pox• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Measles• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •2• •1115
Scarlet Fever• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •1• •• •1
Diphtheria: Croup• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Diarrhoeal DiseasesWhooping Cough• •• •• •• •• •• •2• •• •• •11• •2129
Diarrhoea, all forms• •• •• •• •11• •2• •• •• •1• •• •• •• •5
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)• •1• •• •13• •3331• •2• •1• •17
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh• •• •• •• •• •• •1• •• •• •• •• •• •1• •• •2
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth2242129• •• •• •1• •• •• •• •• •• •• •30
Congenital Defects21• •• •3• •2• •• •• •• •1• •• •• •• •6
Injury at Birth• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Want of Breast Milk• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus321• •6242212• •• •1• •• •20
Tuber culous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •112
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •11
Other Tuberculous Diseases• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •1
Erysipelas• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Syphilis• •• •• •• •• •2• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •2
Rickets• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •111• •• •• •3
Convulsions13• •• •4• •1• •11• •1• •• •• •• •8
Bronchitis• •• •2132311311• •1• •• •16
Laryngitis• •• •• •• •• •1• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •1
Pneumonia• •• •• •2221• •• •211• •23115
Suffocation, overlaying• •1• •• •1• •• •• •11• •• •• •• •1• •4
Other Causes211• •41• •• •21• •11• •• •• •10
301374541414811128104986158
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—50,169. Births in the year—legitimate 1,354, illegitimate 35. Deaths from all causes at all ages 669.