Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1910 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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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 One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i. Common Infectious Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Measles | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| ii. Diarrhæal Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhæa, all forms | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 32 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | ... | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 26 |
| Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 57 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 88 |
| Congenital Defects | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 33 | |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 4 | ... | 3 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ... | 3 | 1 | 59 | |
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 9 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| v. Other Causes. | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Syphilis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuber-culous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 26 | |
| Bronchitis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 38 |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 64 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 5 | 3 | ... | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 26 |
| Other causes | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 34 |
| 87 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 149 | 63 | 41 | 32 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 516 |
Population (estimated to middle of 1910) 131,579. Births in the year, 4,208.
Deaths in the year, of Infants, 516. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 2,003.