Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1912. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
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 underOne Year. |
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Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 9 | 10 | 19 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 |
Convulsions | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 25 |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bronchitis | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 28 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 45 |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
Enteritis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 24 |
Gastritis | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | 3 | ... | ... | 10 |
Syphilis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Suffocation, overlying | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
Injury at Birth | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
Atelectasis | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | 5 | 4 | 1 | ... | 10 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 11 |
Premature Birth | 44 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 7 | 2 | ... | ... | 67 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 41 |
Other causes | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
Tetanus | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
73 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 128 | 75 | 70 | 48 | 54 | 375 |
Nett Births in the year, 3,904. Nett Deaths in the year, 375.