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 N o. 23.-E. Children During within the Year.
Causes of death. | 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 Insured. | Mother attended by Dr. | Midwife. | Total number of months lived. | Number of Cases. | Totals in each Class. |
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Convulsions | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 68 | 21 | 21 |
Pneumonia | 26 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 34 | 16 | 24 | 30 | 14 | 291 | 46 | 46 |
Bronchitis | 24 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 26 | 28 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 12 | 124.5 | 34 | 34 |
Marasmas | 9 | 3 | 33 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 36 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 13 | 106.5 | 45 | 45 |
Zymotic Euteritis | 3 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 167.5 | 36 | 36 |
Gastro Enteritis | - | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 10 | 10 |
Tuberculosis | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 90 | 18 | 18 |
Meningitis | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 145 | 25 | 25 |
Measles | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 7 | 7 |
Whooping Cough | 19 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 12 | 26 | 29 | 8 | 267 | 38 | 38 |
Miscellaneous | 12 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 62.5 | 24 | 24 |
Totals | 124 | 43 | 137 | 76 | 64 | 183 | 163 | 133 | 157 | 220 | 235 | 82 | 130 | 198 | 98 | 1416 | 304 | 304 |
Percentage | 41 | 14 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 60 | 53 | 43 | 81 | 77 | 27 | 42 | 65 | 32 | Mean age at death. 4.7 | |||
Percentages - Deaths from particular causes. Convulsions | 43 | 14 | 43 | 29 | 29 | 52 | 52 | 43 | 43 | 81 | 66 | 33 | 38 | - | - | Mean age at death. 3.2 mths. | ||
Pneumonia | 56 | 11 | 33 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 59 | 52 | 50 | 56 | 74 | 35 | 52 | 65 | 30 | 6.4 „ | ||
Bronchitis | 70 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 67 | 67 | 47 | 38 | 76 | 83 | 20 | 38 | 64 | 35 | 3.7 „ | ||
Marasmus | 20 | 7 | 73 | 27 | 31 | 65 | 42 | 49 | 33 | 80 | 82 | 27 | 36 | - | - | 2.5 , | ||
Zymotic and Gastro Enteritis | 6 | 11 | 83 | 37 | 24 | 74 | 32 | 30 | 74 | 74 | 85 | 26 | 35 | - | - | 4.4 ,, | ||
Tuberculosis | 38 | 33 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 61 | 61 | 50 | 55 | 77 | 66 | 22 | 33 | 55 | 38 | 5.8 ,, | ||
Whooping Cough | 50 | 18 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 63 | 50 | 37 | 71 | 81 | 78 | 31 | 68 | 76 | 21 | 6.8 „ |