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
Wandsworth 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following Table shows the percentage of deaths at
different age periods to total infantile mortality for the year and
for the five previous years. It will be noted that there has been
an increase in this percentage under four weeks compared with
the five years' average, due to the number of deaths from Wasting
diseases. At the other age periods there has been a decrease
compared with the five years' average, and this disease was
greatest at nine to 12 months.
TABLE XXXI.
| 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | Five years' average. | 1910. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per 1,000 births | 118 | 125 | 101 | 98 | 86 | 105 | 78 |
| Percentage of above :— Under one week | 20.0 | 18.8 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 20.1 | 27.1 |
| 1 and under 2 weeks | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| 2 and under 3 weeks | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 |
| 3 and under 4 weeks | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| Under 4 weeks | 34.2 | 32.7 | 33.7 | 32.8 | 37.4 | 34.1 | 40.9 |
| From 4 to 13 weeks | 18.2 | 19.0 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 16.9 | 19.0 | 18.5 |
| From 3 to 6 months | 19.5 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 13.7 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 16.9 |
| From 6 to 9 months | 17.0 | 15.9 | 14.0 | 18.3 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 14.5 |
| From 9 to 12 months | 11.1 | 11.4 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 9.2 |
| Under 12 months | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |