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. | I 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 | 33 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 182 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 10 |
Enteritis(not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 25 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 18 | .. | .. | .. | 18 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 |
Congenital Defects | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Wants of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 25 | |
Tuber culous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
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Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis(not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Other Causes | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 17 | |
33 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 28 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 182 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—50,169. | Births in the year—legitimate 1,267, illegitimate 34 | Deaths from all causes at all ages 705. |