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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[1912
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAK 1912.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under One Month. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Monihs. | Total Deaths under On/e Year | ||
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All Causes | Certified | 190 | 41 | 2 5 | 24 | 280 | 133 | 121 | 81 | 95 | 710 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | v | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 22 | 29 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |||
* Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
Other Tuberculosis Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Convulsions | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 41 | ||
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 29 | 97 | ||
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 23 | ||
Enteritis | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 49 | ||
Gastritis | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
Syphilis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 7 | .. | 1 | 23 | ||
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Atelectasis .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | ||
( Congenital Malformations | 18 | 3 | I | 3 | 25 | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 34 | ||
Premature Birth | 95 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 121 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 128 | ||
^ Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 35 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 54 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 119 | ||
Other Causes | iy | 4 | 2 | .. | 25 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 63 | ||
Totals | igo | 41 | 25 | 24 | 280 | 133 | 121 | 81 | 95 | 710 | ||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate | 7,878 | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 653 | |||||||
illegitimate | 333 | Illegitimate infants | 57 |
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