Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1907
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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 year. | |
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All Causes. | Certified | 77 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 128 | 44 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 356 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 17 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria : Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 15 | |
Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
Enteritis (not Tubersulous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 18 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 47 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 60 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 61 |
Congenital Defects | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | ... | 50 | |
Tuber- culous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 6 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Svphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 21 | |
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 35 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 46 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Other Causes | 7 | 6 | 3 | .. | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 29 | |
77 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 128 | 44 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 10 | 356 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1907, 116,510. Births in the year—legitimate 3258, illegitimate 65. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1641. |