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 IV.— INFANT MORTALITY.
Causes 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. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1 | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | ||
All causes | Certified | 60 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 108 | 61 | 59 | 22 | 33 | 283 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | ||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .1 | 1 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Other Tuberculous Dis. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Convulsions | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 11 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 26 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 19 | ||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 37 | ||
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | I | 22 | ||
Gastritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | 10 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Injury at birth | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Atelectasis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Congenital Malformations(b) | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 7 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | ||
Premature birth | 34 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 51 | ||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 9 | 3 | .. | 17 | 11 | 9 | .. | 2 | 39 | ||
Other Causes | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 24 | ||
Totals | 60 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 108 | 61 | 59 | 22 | 33 | 283 |
Nett Births in the year legtimate 3.553
illegitimate 115
Nett Deaths in the year legitimate infants 266
illegitimate infants 17
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis
and from Tabes Mesenterica.
(b) Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.