Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixth annual report of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell...
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TABLE V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY LURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1 to 2 months. | 2 to 3 months. | 3 to 4 months. | 4 to 5 months. | 5 to 6 months. | 6 to 7 months. | 7 to 8 months. | 8 to 9 months. | 9 to 10 months. | 10 to 11 months. | 11 to 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 171 | 32 | 28 | 43 | 274 | 98 | 53 | 57 | 46 | 67 | 53 | 44 | 38 | 51 | 44 | 40 | 865 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | |
Common Infectious Diseases:— | ||||||||||||||||||
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chickenpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Hooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 31 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases:— | ||||||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 71 | |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 67 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Wasting Diseases:— | ||||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 91 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 110 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 121 | |
Congenital Defects | 15 | 5 | .. | .. | 20 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 34 | |
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 40 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 75 | 27 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 186 | |
Tuberculous Diseases:— | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | 17 | |
Do. Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 18 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 20 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
Convulsions | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 63 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 72 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 78 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | |
Other Causes | 8 | .. | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 26 | |
171 | 32 | 28 | 41 | 272 | 98 | 53 | 57 | 47 | 67 | 53 | 44 | 38 | 52 | 44 | 40 | 865 |