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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
Holborn 1909
Report for the year 1909 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.
| Cadse 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 One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Cadses. | Certified | 24 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | u | 5 | 100 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common Infeotious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chicken Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including 1 Membranous Croup ) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | ||
| Diariihceal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | —— | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | ||||
| Enteritis Muco- ") Enteritis, Gastro- >-Enteritis J | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gastritis, Gastro- 1 intestinal Catarrh j | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wasting Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2c | 1 | 21 | |||||||||||
| Congenital Defects | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Injury at Birth . . | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Starvation j | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, ) Marasmus j | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | i | — | 8 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous 1 Meningitis J | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes >-Mesenterica J | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous ) Diseases J | — | 1 | — | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Other Causes. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | — | — | —— | — | — | |||||||||||||
| Syphilis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| Meningitis 1 (not Tuberculous) J | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other causes | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 8 | |
| 24 | 3 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 100 | |||
Births in the year
legitimate, total registered 1,380 ; " Residents " 935. Deaths in the year of
illegitimate do. 56; do. 51. "Residents"
Corrected deaths of " Residents" from all Causes at all Ages 807
Population estimated to middle of 1909, 53,937.
legitimate infants 88.
illegitimate „ IS.