London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Infantile Mortality, 1901 to 1924.
| Causes of Death. | 1901-5. | 1906-10. | 1911-15. | 1916-20. | 1921-24. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Bate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Bate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | |
| Deaths. | Bate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Bate. | Deaths. | Rate. | Deaths. | Rate. | |
| Smallpox | 3 | 0.1 | — | - | - | - | - | - 1.87 | 11 | 1.52 |
| Measles | 55 | 3.4 | 23 | 1.63 | 22 | 1.98 | 16 | |||
| Scarlet fever | 5 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.07 | — | — | — | 10 | 1.38 | |
| Whooping cough | 72 | 4.4 | 47 | 3.34 | 46 | 4.14 | 12 | 1.40 | ||
| Diphtheria and croup | 4 | 0.2 | 7 | 0.49 | 5 | 0.45 | 2 | 0.23 | 2 | 0.27 |
| Influenza | — | — | 4 | 0.28 | 4 | 0.36 | 19 | 2 .22 | 8 1 | 1.11 |
| Erysipelas | 4 | 0.2 | 6 | 0.42 | 3 | 0.27 | — | 0.46 | 0.13 | |
| Other septic | 13 | 0.8 | 23 | 1.63 | 9 | 0.81 | 4 | 7 | 0.97 | |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | — | — | 3 | 0.21 | 2 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.35 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Tuberculosis | 86 | 5.3 | 66 | 4.68 | 31 | 2.80 | 28 | 3.27 | 11 | 1.52 |
| Meningitis and | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0.07 | 6 | 0.83 |
| Convulsions | 121 | 7.3 | 41 | 2.91 | 27 | 2.43 | ||||
| Bronchitis | 156 | l9.7 | 89 | l5.7 | 51 | l4.70 | 124 | 14.50 | 12 | 8.60 |
| Pneumonia | 164 | 133 | 112 | 50 | ||||||
| Diarrhoea, enteritis | 305 | 18.8 | 195 | 13.81 | 160 | 14.40 | 85 | 9.90 | 37 | 5.13 |
| Other Diseases of the digestive system | 43 | 2.6 | 17 | 1.20 | 15 | 1.35 | 8 | 0.93 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Syphilis | 46 | 2.8 | 45 | 3.19 | 27 | 2.43 | 43 | 5.02 | 17 | 2.36 |
| Premature birth | 306 | 18.8 | 203 | 21.40 | 233 | 21.03 | 183 | 21.40 | 108 | 15.00 |
| Congenital malfor-mation | — | — | 78 | 5.54 | 64 | 5.78 | 47 | 5.48 | 43 | 6.00 |
| Atelectasis | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0.82 | 11 | 1.52 | ||
| Injury at birth | 416 | 25.6 | 36 | 2.56 | 25 | 2.25 | 21 | 2.46 | 18 | 2.50 |
| Debility at birth | 100 | 7.12 | 35 | 3.16 | 34 | 3.97 | 22 | 3.03 | ||
| Marasmus | 98 | 6.98 | 49 | 4.41 | 29 | 3.38 | 14 | 1.94 | ||
| Rickets | 15 | 1.07 | 11 | 0.90 | 13 | 1.52 | 7 | 0.97 | ||
| Neglect at birth | 13 | 0.91 | 23 | 2.07 | 36 | 4.20 | 16 | 2.22 | ||
| Murder | 83 | 51 | 1.48 | 14 | 1.26 | 8 | 0.93 | 4 | 0.54 | |
| Accidents | 6 | 0.42 | 6 | 0.54 | 10 | 1.17 | 11 | 1.52 | ||
| 3 | 01 | 2 | 0.14 | 3 | 0.27 | 2 | 0.24 | 1 | 0.13 | |
| Other causes | 63 | 3.7 | 21 | 1.48 | 27 | 2.34 | 26 | 3.03 | 8 | 1.08 |
| Totals | 1,940 | 119.0 | 1,391 | 98.6 | 1,004 | 90.6 | 766 | 89.2 | 437 | 60.6 |