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 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical
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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All Causes. | Certified | 26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 111 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
i. Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
ii. Diarrhœal. Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 13 | |
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis,Gastroenteritis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
iii. Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 12 | 6 | .. | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | |
Congenital Defects | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Want of Breastmilk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 1 | 1 | l | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | ||
iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis:TabesMesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Convulsions | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 11 | ||
Suffocation, | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Other causes | 3 | 2 | l | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | ||
26 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 111 |
Population estimated to middle of 1906, 89,633.
Births in the year
legitimate, 1,403.
illegitimate, 34.
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 106.
illegitimate infants. 5.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 850.