Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1905 of the Acting Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V. Infantile Mortality in the Borough. 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 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Certified | 37 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 133 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria Crop | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Enteritis {not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Gastritis Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 |
| Congenital Defects | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 19 | |
| Injury at Birth | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | TuberculousMeningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
| Tuberculous Peritontis: Tabes Mes enterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Other Tubercu lous Diseases ) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
| Convulsions | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 11 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Other Causes | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |
| 37 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 133 | ||
Births in the year, legitimate, 1,386; illegitimate, 35. Population estimated to middle of 1905, 88,142.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 823.