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 1910
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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 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 11 months. | 11 to 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
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All Causes | Certified | 24 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 5 | ii | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 129 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Common Infectious Diseases | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | l | 1 | 12 | ||
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 14 | 3 | .. | .. | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Congenital Defects | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | l | .. | 4 | ||
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | l | .. | 10 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | l | .. | 7 | ||
Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Other Causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | l | .. | 9 | ||
24 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 129 |
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—31,690.
Births in the year—legitimate 939, illegitimate 11.
Deaths from all causes at all ages 501.