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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Paddington 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
countries where overlying is held to be equivalent to manslaughter, and the parents do
not escape with a reprimand from the Coroner as they almost invariably do here.

Table: TABLE 26.Deaths of Infants under One Year."Hall Park."Total Births, 158. Infantile Mortality, 221.

TABLE 26.

Deaths of Infants under One Year.

"Hall Park."

Total Births, 158. Infantile Mortality, 221.

Age at death—month.Totals.
0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-P.M.F.
Diarrhoea...2...22112...1...11239
Enteritis..............................1...1...1
Premature Birth7.................................725
Congenital Defects.........11.....................22...
Injury at Birth1.................................1...1
Atrophy & Debility1.................................11...
Tubercular Diseases.........1............1.........22...
Convulsions...............1..................11...
Respiratory Diseases.........1...1...1...21...624
Other Causes.........1...............1......211
Totals92...633131421351421
Males3......413...111.........14...
Females62...22...12...321......21

Table: TABLE 27.Deaths of Infants under One Year."Queen's Park."Total Births, 314. Infantile Mortality, 89.

TABLE 27.

Deaths of Infants under One Year.

"Queen's Park."

Total Births, 314. Infantile Mortality, 89.

Age at death—month.Totals.
0-1-2-m3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-P.M.F.
Measles...1..............................11...
Diarrhoea112.........13...1...11046
Enteritis...................1...............11...
Premature Birth4.................................431
Congenital Defects......1...........................11...
Atrophy & Debility...111......1...............422
Tubercular Diseases........................111...3...3
Syphilis.........1........................1...1
Convulsions...........................1......1...1
Other Causes1...1...........................22...
All causes6352......331311281414
Males425.........11.........1...14...
Females21...2......22131.........14