London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1909

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1909

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Table: Table V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY.

Table V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY.

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 1 year.
I.—Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox................................................
Chicken-pox.............................................11
Measles.................................1...1948
Scarlet Fever.................................1............1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1332113123222
II.—Diarrhœal Diseases—
[See Notes to Table IV.] Diarrhœa (all forms)...2......25748855322152
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis...12...3434252242......31
Gastritis,Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................1...........................1
III.—Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth808811113811.........1............124
Congenital Defects[See Notes to Table IV.]12421194o11.....................27
Injury at Birth71......8.................................8