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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1908] 304
Table H.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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All Causes. | Certified | 186 | 52 | 33 | 39 | 310 | 97 | 83 | 48 | 55 | 48 | 37 | 43 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 894 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 24 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 29 |
Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 80 | |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 52 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Premature Birth | 111 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 149 | 13 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 167 | |
Congenital Defects | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 51 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 28 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 55 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 138 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 14 | |
Other causes. | Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Syphilis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 4 | .. | 1 | 9 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 39 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 106 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 4 | .. | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | |
Other Causes | 17 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 80 | |
Totals | 186 | 52 | 33 | 39 | 310 | 97 | 83 | 48 | 55 | 48 | 37 | 43 | 46 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 894 |
Births in the year legitimate 8,434
illegitimate 231
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 4,679
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants 847
illegitimate infants 47
Population.
Estimated to middle of 1908.
349,091.