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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
Holborn 1906
Report for the year 1906 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. 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 Month. | 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 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 147 | |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 30 | |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 7 | |
| Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Wasting Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | 13 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | |
| Congenital Defects | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Want of Breast-milk | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | ||
| Tuberculous Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Other causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
| 21 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 147 | ||
Births in the year legitimate, total registered 1,560; " Residents" 1,106.
illegitimate do. 80; do. 43.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 949.
Population estimated to middle of 1906, 55,865.