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 Lewisham Borough]
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Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1 and under 2 Weeks | 2 and under 3 Weeks | 3 and under 4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year |
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Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
Diarrhœa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
Enteritis | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Suffocation, overlying | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
Injury at birth | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Atelectasis | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
Congenital Malformations | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
Premature birth | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 49 |
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 17 |
Other Causes | 11 | – | – | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 27 |
Totals | 56 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 160 |
Mortality Rate,
per 1000 Births.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children under 1 .year of age 15 180
Legitimate „ „ „ 145 51