London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Camberwell 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

I—26

Table: TABLE V.-INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Are.

TABLE V.-INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Are.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1 to 2 months.2 to 3 months.3 to 4 months.4 to 5 months.5 to 6 months.6 to 7 months.7 to 8 months.8 to 9 months.9 to 10 months.10 to 11 months.11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 yrar.
Common Infectious Diseases :—I
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................234411024
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...........................2............114
Hooping Cough......1...12...21222221724
Diarrhœal Diseases:—_I
Diarrhœa, all forms.........337885442443759
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...11...244542......114...27
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh Wastig Diseases:-......1...14...1......1...............7
Wasting Diseases :—._I
Premature Birth8019144117721........................127
Congenital Defects10221153.........1...............120
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...............2..............................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2510985222117443352...3116
Tuberculous Diseases:—
Tuberculous Meningitis........................221...211211
Do. Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica......11...31......11............7...
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................24...12212...216
Erysipelas...............2...........................13
Syphilis...21...3441........................12
Rickets.................................1...............
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...1......1...2......5
Convulsions36611610616212313354
Bronchitis...12...38613573322750
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia......134654362610610971
Suffocation, overlying421292121.....................15
Other Causes6......115322312...32232
1294339242358856403234272735302855687