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 V.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Mouths 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. | 1 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. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | 96 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 156 | 48 | 41 | 43 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 449 |
Uncertified | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria (including Membrauous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 35 | ||
Diarrhœa1 Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 49 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Gastritis, Gastro- | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 65 | 8 | 5 | 83 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 91 | |
Congenital Defects | 8 | 1 | .. | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 17 | ||
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 9 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 65 |