Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1897
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TABLE 14. Males. Deaths at ages under 5 years.
St. Mary. | St. John. | Paddington. | |||||||||||||||||
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1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | ||
Births Registered | 1242 | 1264 | 1240 | 1269 | 1390 | 1296 | 247 | 239 | 213 | 246 | 271 | 216 | 1489 | 1503 | 1453 | 1515 | 1661 | 1512 | |
Deaths at Ages | Under 1 day | 12 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 22 |
1-7 days | 19 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 12 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 26 | 16 | 25 | |
1-4 weeks | 22 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 33 | 49 | 19 | |
1-12 months | 150 | 150 | 136 | 157 | 167 | 149 | 24 | 13 | 17 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 174 | 163 | 153 | 184 | 191 | 169 | |
Total under 1 yr. | 203 | 216 | 195 | 230 | 240 | 208 | 39 | 20 | 22 | 38 | 41 | 27 | 242 | 236 | 217 | 268 | 281 | 235 | |
1-2 years | 75 | 46 | 55 | 56 | 65 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 89 | 54 | 61 | 59 | 73 | 43 | |
2-3 „ | 17 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 32 | 31 | 15 | 31 | 22 | |
3-4 „ | 15 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 21 | |
4-5 „ | 13 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ... | 4 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 12 | |
Total 1-5 years | 120 | 104 | 110 | 90 | 128 | 83 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 19 | 15 | 143 | 126 | 125 | 96 | 147 | 98 | |
Grand Total under 5 yrs. | 323 | 320 | 305 | 320 | 368 | 291 | 62 | 42 | 37 | 44 | 60 | 42 | 385 | 362 | 342 | 364 | 428 | 333 | |
* Infantile Mortality | 163 | 170 | 157 | 181 | 172 | 160 | 158 | 83 | 103 | 154 | 151 | 125 | 162 | 157 | 149 | 176 | 169 | 155 |
* Deaths at ages under 1 year per 1,000 births registered.