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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
Southgate 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]
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Infantile Mortality During the Year 1906.
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified* | 14 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60 | |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||||||||
| i. Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria: Croup | |||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 |
| ii. Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 23 | ||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | |||||||||||||||||
| iii. Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 6 | ... | 3 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 |
| Congenital Defects | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast-milk,St'v'tion | |||||||||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases . | |||||||||||||||||
| v. Other Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Other Causes | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 60 |
Population (estimated to the middle of 1906):—
District 25,500
Births in the Year
legitimate 556
illegitimate 6
Deaths in the Year of
legitimate infants 56
illegitimate infants 4
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 276
• All deaths Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners and all Inquest Cases
are classed as " Certified " ; all other deaths are regarded as "Uncertified."