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 1909
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD — North Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909. 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. | 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 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 105 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | I | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 13 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | ||
Congenital Defects | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 15 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Causes | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 105 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—31,690. Births in the year—legitimate 921, illegitimate 12. Deaths from all causes at all ages 490. |