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. 21-B.
Infants dead within the year. Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Breast Fed. | Breast and Hand Fed. | Hand Fed. | Improper Food. | Improper Bottles. | Fed Regularly. | Slept with Mother. | Slept in Kitchen. | Taken out Regularly. | Properly Clothed. | Premises Clean. | Mother Employed. | Baby Inst:red. | Mother attended by Doctor. | Midwife. | Promises to improve. | Age of Mother. | Mean age at death. | Totals in each class. |
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1906 | 7 | 13 | 104 | 54 | 31 | 69 | 49 | 64 | 69 | 82 | 69 | 37 | 44 | 84 | 37 | - | - | - | 124 |
1907 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 18 | - | - | - | 46 |
Totals | 10 | 18 | 142 | 71 | 42 | 102 | 64 | 78 | 103 | 116 | 108 | 49 | 60 | 111 | 55 | - | - | - | 170 |
Tuberculosis. 1906 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | 18 |
1907 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | 18 |
Totals | 10 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 19 | 15 | - | - | - | 36 |
Marasmus 1906 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 12 | 35 | 34 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 15 | - | - | - | 49 |
1907 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 36 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 13 | - | - | - | 45 |
Totals | 17 | 12 | 65 | 28 | 20 | 51 | 45 | 42 | 27 | 71 | 71 | 20 | 25 | 62 | 28 | - | - | - | 94 |
Pneumonia. 1906 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 11 | - | - | - | 36 |
1907 | 26 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 34 | 16 | 24 | 30 | 14 | - | - | - | 46 |
Totals | 40 | 16 | 26 | 29 | 14 | 36 | 53 | 47 | 39 | 46 | 56 | 23 | 40 | 55 | 25 | - | - | - | 82 |
Bronchitis. 1906 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | 23 |
1907 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | - | - | - | 34 |
Totals | 37 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 44 | 46 | 12 | 24 | 34 | 21 | - | - | - | 57 |
Whooping Cough. 1906 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 28 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 12 | - | - | - | 45 |
1907 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | - | - | - | 20 |
Totals | 30 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 10 | 36 | 38 | 25 | 42 | 49 | 51 | 17 | 38 | 44 | 19 | - | - | - | 65 |