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 a. Deaths at ages under 5 years. Females.
St. Mart. | 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 | 1214 | 1303 | 1183 | 1257 | 1223 | 1290 | 231 | 202 | 198 | 207 | 184 | 208 | 1445 | 1505 | 1381 | 1464 | 1407 | 1498 | |
Deaths at Ages | Under 1 day | 10 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 21 |
1-7 days | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 14 | |
1-4 weeks | 18 | 26 | 11 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 31 | 32 | 28 | |
1-12 months Total under 1 yr. | 103 | 138 | 113 | 131 | 123 | 139 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 125 | 154 | 125 | 150 | 136 | 150 | |
145 | 190 | 151 | 196 | 175 | 195 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 26 | 21 | 18 | 176 | 215 | 168 | 222 | 196 | 213 | ||
1-2 years | 49 | 45 | 43 | 49 | 59 | 31 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 56 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 33 | |
2-3 „ | 23 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ... | 5 | 1 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 26 | 32 | 15 | |
3-4 „ | 12 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 1 | 16 | 25 | 28 | 9 | 25 | 14 | |
4-5 „ | 7 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ... | 2 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 11 | |
Total 1-5 years | 91 | 102 | 114 | 99 | 122 | 67 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 106 | 116 | 133 | 108 | 140 | 73 | |
Grand Total under 5yrs. | 236 | 292 | 265 | 295 | 297 | 262 | 46 | 39 | 36 | 35 | 39 | 24 | 282 | 331 | 301 | 330 | 336 | 286 | |
* Infantile Mortality | 119 | 145 | 127 | 155 | 143 | 151 | 134 | 123 | 85 | 125 | 114 | 86 | 121 | 142 | 121 | 151 | 139 | 142 |
* Deaths at ages under 1 year per 1,000 births registered.