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 Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—T ABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1911.
F DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under One Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | 169 | 52 | 34 | 37 | 292 | 207 | 201 | 170 | 168 | 1,038 |
Uncertified | 1 | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | i | 2 | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | I | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 18 | 28 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | ||||
Diarrhoea | .. | 4 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 69 | 58 | 54 | 229 | ||
Enteritis | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 73 | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | I | .. | .. | .1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
Other Tuberculosis Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | 16 | |
Congenital Malformations | 13 | 3 | 2 | .. | 18 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 35 | |
Premature Birth | 105 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 138 | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 149 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 28 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 27 | 9 | 131 | |||
Atelectasis | 8 | I | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
Injury and Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | 1 | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 10 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | |||
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 9 | |
laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 51 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 101 | |||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
Other Causes | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 25 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 81 | |
Totals | 170 | 52 | 34 | 37 | 293 | 201 | 171 | 168 | 1,040 | ||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate 7,825 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 944 | |||||||
illegitimate 288 | illegitimate infants | 96 |
859
[1911