Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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TABLE IV. Infant Mortality
cause of death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
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All causes | Certified | 64 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 115 | 78 | 85 | 69 | 63 | 410 |
Uncertified | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 11 | 8 | 20 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 15 | 17 | 75 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 40 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Premature Birth | 45 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 61 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 69 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 43 | |
Atelectasis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Injury at birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Convulsions | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 8 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 38 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
Other Causes | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 34 | |
65 | 24 | 12 | 15 | 116 | 78 | 85 | 69 | 63 | 411 |
Nett Births
in the year
legitimate 612
illegitimate 64
Nett Deaths
in the year of
legitimate infants 378
illegitimate infants 33