Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1910. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
cause of death. | Under 1Week. | 1-2Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1Month. | 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 | 10-11Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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\ i. Common Infectious | |||||||||||||||||
Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ... | .. | 1 | 4 |
Hooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Diarrhœa, all forms | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 35 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | ||
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | ... | .. |
iii. Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 60 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 83 |
Congenital Defects | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | * * | • • | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | 7 |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Want of Breast-mill (Starvation) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Atrophy, Debility Marasmus | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | •• | .. | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 33 |
iv. Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | ... | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | 2 |
Other Tuberculou Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
v. Other Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuber-culous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | • • | .. | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | * * | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 15 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | 63 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
Other Causes | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 6 | * • | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 20 |
All Causes (Certified) | 73 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 121 | 31 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 18 | 14 | 342 |
Population, estimated to middle of 1910, 94,578. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,636.
Legitimate, 2755. (Legitimate infants, 317.
Births in the year: Illegitimate, 78. Deaths in the year of Illegitimate infants, 25.