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 Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 34. Hopeless Births. 1912.
| Cause of Death. | Days. | Weeks. | Months. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 6- | 1- | 2 - | 3- | 1-2 | M. | F. | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||
| Premature Birth | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 20 | 19 |
| Congenital Defects | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 5 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Debility at Birth | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | -• | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| Atrophy, Debility | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 37 | 30 | ||
| Diarrhœal Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Respiratory Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 7 | 1 |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other Causes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Totals | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 9 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 52 | 36 |
mortality in childhood.