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 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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TABLE V.
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 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 98 | |||||
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
i. Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Diphtheria (includ-ing Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis,Gastroenteritis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |||
Gastritis,Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
iii. Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 1 | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |||
Congenital Defects | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | ||
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Atrophy,Debility Marasmus | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 | ||
iv. Tuber-culous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis:Tabes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Mesenterica Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Other causes | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | ||||
21 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 98 |
Population estimated to middle of 1907, 91,137.
Births in the year {legitimate, 1,298
illigitimate, 43. Deaths in the year of {legitimate infants, 85.
illigitimate infants, 13
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 817.