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 Shoreditch]
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Infantile Mortality during the year, 1910, showing deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Wtek. | 1-2 Weeks | 1 2-3 j W-ekP. | 3-4 Weeks | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months | 2-3 Months | 3-4 Months | 4-5 Months | 5-6 Monti s | 6-7 Months | 7-8 Months | 8-9 Months | 9-10 Months | 10-11 Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
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All causes .. | ( Certified | 72 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 125 | 55 | 64 | 58 | 26 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 528 |
( Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
i. Common InfectiousDiseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 21 | ||
.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Diphtheria: Oroup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
ii. Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 23 | |
(See notes,) Tables iv. & v. | Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
iii. Wasting . Diseases. | Premature Birth | 39 | 7 | .. | 4 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 64 |
Congenital Defects | 14 | 1 | 1 | .. | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 | |
(See notes on Tables iv. & v.) Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Want of Breast-milk,Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 84 | |
iv. Tuberculous. Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
(See notes on Tables iv. & v.) Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Other'tuberculous Diseases (dee notes on Tables iv. & v.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 9 | |
v. Other causes | Erj'sipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 14 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 29 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 8 | .4 | 9 | 4 | 69 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | |
Other Causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 24 | |
72 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 125 | 55 | 64 | 58 | 26 | 39 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 528 |
Births during the year—Legitimate 3,507, illegitimate 88. Population, estimated to middle of 1909, 113,653.
Deaths from all Causes 1,913.