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 1908
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
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 1 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |||
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All Causes. | Certified | 95 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 132 | 44 | 35 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 381 | ||
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Diphtheria Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |||
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 41 | ||
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 29 | |||
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 | |||
Premature Birth | 70 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 92 | |||
Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 10 | 1 | .. | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | ||
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 38 | |||
Tuber-culous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | ||
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
Erysipeals | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | |||
Convulsions | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 15 | |||
Bronchitis | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 33 | |||
Laryngities | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | .. | 3 | 5 | 33 | |||
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |||
Other Causes | 10 | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 23 | |||
95 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 132 | 44 | 35 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 381 | ||||
Population—Estimated middle of 1908, 117,539. Births in the year—legitimate 3028, illegitimate 56. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1643. |