Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905
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The following table gives the causes of deaths of infants under one year old:—
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 1 Year. |
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Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 7 | 20 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 184 |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | .. | 8 | 1 | 2 | .. | 32 |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 67 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 |
Congenital Defects | 23 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 38 |
Injury at Birth | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 92 |