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 Willesden]
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Table No. 16.
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 Month*. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes. | Certified | 95 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 158 | 64 | 38 | 44 | 31 | 25 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 485 |
Uncertified | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | ||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases. | .. | 7 | .. | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 7 | b | 6 | 133 | |
Zymotic Enteritis (not Tubtreulous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Gastritis, Castro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 60 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 74 | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 87 |
Congenital Defects | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 24 | |
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Want of Breast-milk Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 50 |