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 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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TuberculousDiseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | ||||||||||
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 8 | |||||||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | |||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | |||||||||||||||||
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||
Rickets | ||||||||||||||||||
Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||
Convulsions | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | • • | 1 | • • | .. | 23 | |||
Bronchitis | 1 | • • | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | ||||
Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 38 | ||||
Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||
Other Causes | 20 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 52 | |
Totals | 100 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 163 | 64 | 38 | 46 | 31 | 25 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 493 | |
Percentage of total deaths | 20.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 33.1 | 13.0 | 7.7 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.8 | .. | |
Births in the year | legitimate, 4147 | 4272. | Deaths in the year | legitimate, 471 | 493. | |||||||||||||
illegitimate, 125 | illegitimate, 22 | |||||||||||||||||
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages | 1672. | Population. | Estimated to middle of 1906 | 141,714. |