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 | 7 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 110 | 54 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 366 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | l | .. | l | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | 19 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | l | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 41 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Premature Birth | 38 | 6 | 2 | .. | 46 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 50 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
injury at Birth | ||||||||||||||||||
I Want of Breast-milk | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
1 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 40 | ||||
Tuberculous Diseases. | ( Tuberculous Meningitis .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis 1 Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
1 Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||
Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Rickets | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | i | 7 | |||||||||||
Convulsions | fi | 1 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | |||||
Bronchitis | 9 | 2 | 4 | <i | 3 | 4 | r, | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 43 | ||||||
Laryngitis .. | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Pneumonia .. | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | a | 4 | 2 | 3 | 30 | ||||
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
Other Causes | 13 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | •• | 31 | ||||
7'2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 110 | 54 | lit | 19 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 19 1 | 360 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1909, 118,58? | Births in the year—legitimate 2897, illegitimate 62. | Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1671. |