London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Hackney 1910

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1910

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Table: Table V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Table V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY.

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.
I.—Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles....................................314210
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...............3211114131321
II.—Diarrhœl Diseases — [See Notes to Table IV.]
Diarrhœa (all forms).........114...765252...2...34
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis...............1111221............9
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh......1...1...111............1...16
III.—Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth701283935..............................98
Congenital Defects [See Notes to Table IV.]1633224111............1......129
Injury at Birth6.........612...........................9