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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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Infant mortality. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age in Localities. (Local Government Board Table IV. (a).)
No. | CAUSE OF DEATH. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Small Pox | — | — | - | — | — |
2 | Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | Measles | — | 1 | 8 | — | 9 |
4 | Scarlet Fever | — | - | 1 | — | 1 |
5 | Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
6 | Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 6 |
7 | Diarrhoea | 4 | — | 9 | — | 13 |
8 | Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
9 | Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | 2 | 2 | 4 |
10 | Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — |
11 | Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
12 | Congenital Malformation | 6 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
13 | Premature Birth | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 |
14 | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 4 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 25 |
I5 | Atelectasis | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | Injury at Birth | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
17 | Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
18 | Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
19 | Rickets | — | — | — | — | — |
20 | Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 4 | — | — | — | 4 |
21 | Convulsions | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
22 | Gastritis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
23 | Laryngitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
24 | Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
25 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 3 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 21 |
26 | Suffocation, Overlying | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | 8 |
27 | Other Causes | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 27 |
Totals " | 45 | 30 | 108 | 26 | 209 |
Table III contains the information given in the Local Government Board
Table IV, but is introduced here instead of in the appendix, for convenience of
reference.