Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1912
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TABLE IV. Infant Mortality, 1912.
cause of death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes Certified | 41 | .. | .. | .. | 69 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 289 |
Uncertified | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 8 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | l | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Premature Birth | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 8 | .. | .. | 1 | 46 |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | .. | 1 | 29 |
Atelectasis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Injury at birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Convulsions | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 15 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 39 |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | 1 | .. | 1 | 11 |
Other Causes | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
42 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 39 | 65 | 290 |
Nett Births
in the year
legitimate 2528
illegitimate 51
Nett Deaths
in the year of
legitimate infants 278
illegitimate infants 12