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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.