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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Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | |
All causes | Cerrified | 78 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 128 | 57 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 325 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 11 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tubeiculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Tuberculous Dis. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 22 | |
Pneumonia (all forms,) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 39 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | |
Enterits | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 30 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Atelectasis | 11 | 2 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Congenital Malformations | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Premature birth | 45 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 70 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 75 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 35 | ||
Acute Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Dentitition (Convulsions) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Convulsions | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | 11 | 5 | 4 | .. | .. | 20 | |
Cardiac Thrombosis (Septic) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Intestinal Obstruction | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Carbuncle | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Cellutitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Eczema | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Injuries at birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Wilful Murder | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Rheumatism | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Organic Heart Disease | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Nephritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
78 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 128 | 57 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 325 | ||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate | 3.905 | Nett Death in the year of | legitimate infants | 306 | ||||||
illegitimate | 132 | illegitimate infants | 19 |