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 Ilford]
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TABLE V.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week | 1 -2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 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 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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i. Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Chicken-pox | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |
Measles | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | |
Scarlet Fever | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |
Diphtheria: Croup | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | |
Whooping Cough | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | 2 | ...... | 1 | ...... | 6 | |
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ...... | 2 | 31 |
1 Enteritis,Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | ...... | 2 | 2 | 1 | ...... | 26 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 2 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 2 | |
iii. Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 21 | 2 | ...... | ...... | 23 | ...... | 2 | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 26 |
Congenital Defects | 4 | 1 | 1 | ...... | 6 | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 8 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | |
Want of Breast-milk, | ...... | 1 | ...... | 2 | 3 | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 5 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 3 | ...... | 1 | ...... | 4 | 4 | 4 | ...... | 1 | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | 16 | |
iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 4 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 2 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 2 | |
v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... |
Syphilis | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | |
Rickets | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 1 | ...... | 3 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 2 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 4 | |
Convulsions | 2 | 3 | ...... | ...... | 5 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 9 | |
Bronchitis | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 7 | |
Laryngitis | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | |
Pneumonia | ...... | ...... | 2 | ...... | 2 | 3 | ...... | ...... | 3 | 1 | 2 | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 2 | 14 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | ...... | ...... | 1 | 2 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 3 | |
Other Causes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ...... | 1 | 3 | ...... | ...... | ...... | ...... | 1 | ...... | 1 | 15 | |
Total | 34 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 57 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 91 | 5 | 7 | 187 |