Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1921 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Deaths from stated Causes under One Year of Age, arranged in Wards.
CAUSES OF DEATH. | No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belaize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilbum). | No. 7 (Priory). | Total. |
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1. Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
2. Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
3. Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
4. Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
5. Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 |
6. Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
7. Erysipelas | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
8. Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
9. Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
10. Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
11. Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
12. Convulsions | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
13. Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
14. Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
15. Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
16. Diarrhoea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ... | 15 |
17. Enteritis | ||||||||
18. Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
19. Syphilis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
20. Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
21. Suffocation, overlying | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
22. Injury at Birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
23. Atelectasis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
24. Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
25. Premature Birth | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
26. Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
27. Other causes | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 |
Total Death | 17 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 88 |
Total Births | 178 | 197 | 133 | 112 | 211 | 364 | 147 | 1312 |