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 Camberwell.
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TABLE IV.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.
Total
Deaths
under
1 year.
Total
under
1 month.
1 to 3
months.
3 to 6
months
6 to 9
months.
9 to 12
months.
Under
1 week.
1 to 2
weeks.
2 to 3
weeks.
3 to 4
weeks.
Cause of Death.
Certified
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
All causes
...
...
Uncertified
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sm all-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
3
9
Measles
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
Scarlet Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
11
Whooping Cough
1
1
2
2
2
22
...
...
1
Diphtheria and Croup
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
3
8
Tuberculous Meningitis
...
...
...
...
...
6
5
2
13
Abdominal Tuberculosis
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other Tuberculous Diseases
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
4
1
6
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
6
15
6
2
2
32
Convulsions
5
2
2
Laryngitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Bronchitis
1
1
2
4
8
8
4
29
1
...
2
2
3
8
21
18
23
26
96
Pneumonia (all forms)
Diarrhœa
1
1
2
11
15
3
3
34
...
...
16
7
26
19
20
88
Enteritis
1
2
4
...
4
4
Gastritis
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
Syphilis
3
2
5
3
1
3
12
...
...
...
1
1
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
8
Suffocation, Overlying
4
1
5
2
...
...
...
...
5
Injury at Birth
5
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
1
2
2
16
2
18
Atelectasis
...
...
...
6
2
1
18
3
1
1
27
Congenital Malformations
9
4
73
4
5
97
8
2
1
1
109
Premature Birth
15
28
5
3
101
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus
11
8
4
6
29
36
7
5
40
Other Causes
7
4
1
2
14
8
6
43
22
34
227
144
125
82
87
665
128
TABLE IV.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages 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 3 months. | 3 to 6 months | 6 to 9 months. | 9 to 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Certified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 22 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 6 | |
Convulsions | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 32 | |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 96 | |
Diarrhœa | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 34 | |
Enteritis | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 7 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 88 | |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
Syphilis | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ... | 12 | |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
Suffocation, Overlying | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | |
Injury at Birth | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |
Atelectasis | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 18 | |
Congenital Malformations | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | |
Premature Birth | 73 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 97 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 109 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 11 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 101 | |
Other Causes | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 40 | |
128 | 43 | 22 | 34 | 227 | 144 | 125 | 82 | 87 | 665 |