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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In the following table, these infantile deaths are distributed in Wards, under their respective causes.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Infectious Diseases: | ||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 6 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases: Diarrhœa, all forms | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Enteritis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Wasting Diseases: Premature Birth | 4 | 2 | l | .. | 3 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Congenital Defects | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| Tuberculous Diseases: Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| Pickets | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 11 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Other Causes | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 6 |
| All Causes | 24 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 50 | 14 | 133 |