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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lambeth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth]
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BOROUGH OP LAMBETH.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Ace.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 8-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Month-1. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Tear. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 163 | 45 | 38 | 37 | 283 | 119 | 71 | 92 | 60 | 66 | 66 | 63 | 52 | 47 | 54 | 50 | 1023 |
| Uncertified | 11 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 65 |
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Measles... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria : Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 33 | |
| Continued Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhœa, all forms, including Cholera and Dysentery | ... | ... | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 217 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 82 |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinnl Catarrh, Ileo colitis | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth. | 99 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 128 | 13 | 3 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 152 |
| Congenital Defects. | 19 | 9 | 2 | ... | 30 | 6 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 45 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Want of Breast-Milk Starvation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 26 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 33 | 12 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | 135 |
| Tuberculou« Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberoulous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |