London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Finsbury 1908
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1908 including annual report on factories and workshops
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TABLE M. ENQUIRIES INTO INFANT DEATHS, 1908.
| 1908. | Method of Feeding. | Reasons for Weaning. | Cause of Death. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks. | Totals. | Breast only. | Breast, etc. | Cows' Milk. | Artificial or Condensed. | Not Fed. | Loss of Milk. | Illness of Mother or Child. | Mother's Work. | Mother's Death. | Diarrhæa. | Prematurity. | Marasmus. | Atrcphy, etc. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Convulsions. | Suffocation. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Tuberculosis. | Meningitis. | Miscellaneous. | First-born. | Twins. | Illegitimate. |
| 0-1 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 22 | - | 8 | - | 1 | - | 22 | - | 10 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | _ | _ | _ | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| 1-2 | 8 | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | _ | 1 | - | - | 1 | I | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 2-3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | - | _ | 1 | 3 | _ | - | _ | 5 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - |
| 3-4 | 9 | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | — | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Months | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1-2 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | _ | - | 4 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 1 | - | — | — | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - |
| 2-3 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | - | 8 | 4 | - | - | 8 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | I | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4-5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | - | 10 | 3 | 2 | - | 12 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| 5-6 | 15 | 5 | - | 8 | 2 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 6-7 | 10 | 2 | _ | 6 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | - | — | - | _ | 3 | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| 7-8 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | _ | 8 | 2 | - | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 8-9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | _ | 5 | _ | 1 | - | — | 1 | - | - | - | — | - | 3 | — | 1 | — | - |
| 9-10 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | _ | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | I | 1 | - | - | |
| 10-11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | _ | 5 | _ | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 3 | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11-12 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | — | 1 | — | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 221 | 71 | 21 | 81 | 26 | 22 | 57 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 33 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 26 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 4 |
| 107 | 107 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||