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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
Paddington 1901
Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1901
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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
TABLE 32.
Deaths under One Year. 1901.
| Causes of Death. | Registration Sub-Districts. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mary. | St. John. | North-West Paddington | ||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. |
| Diphtheria | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. |
| Diarrhœa | 47 | 52 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tubercular Disease | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 19 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Congenital Malformations | 8 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Dentition | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Atrophy and Debility | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Convulsions | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Respiratory Dis | 26 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Accident and Violence | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| All other causes | 16 | 19 | 4 | .. | 4 | 2 |
| All causes | 186 | 168 | 20 | 19 | 35 | 27 |
| Births Registered | 1,315 | 1,221 | 204 | 185 | 229 | 205 |
| Infantile Mortality * | 141 | 138 | 98 | 102 | 152 | 121 |
* Per 1,000 births of each sex.