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 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 120 |
Uncertified | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Common Infectious Diseases | Small Pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
Chicken Pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Measles | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Diphtheria; Croup | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Whooping Cough | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 3 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | 4 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 4 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 15 | 8 | . . | 3 | 26 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 27 |
Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | |
Injury at Birth | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Want of Breast-milk | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 2 | . . | . . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 17 | |
Tuber- culous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 3 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | . . | . . | . . | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | |
Erysipelas | . . | . . | . . | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | |
Rickets | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Convulsions | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | 4 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | |
Bronchitis | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | 4 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 10 | |
Laryngitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Pneumonia | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 3 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 19 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
Other Causes | 3 | 1 | 2 | . . | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 13 | |
23 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 120 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1907—31,30'2 Births in the year—legitimate 1016, illegitimate 14. Deaths from all causes at all ages 506. |