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 Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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[1917
LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—T ABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1917. Nett Deaths
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under four Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | 94 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 164 | 109 | 111 | 97 | 91 | 572 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | ||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 33 | ||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |||||
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 17 | ||
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14* | ||
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | ||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 23 | 95 | ||
Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 25 | ||
Enteritis | .. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 43 | ||
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||||
Syphilis | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | ||
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||
Atelectasis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | ||
Congenital Malformations | 13 | 6 | 3 | .. | 22 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 26 | ||
Premature Birth | 50 | 12 | 8 | .. | 70 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 83 | ||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 32 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 98 | ||
Other Causes | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | 11 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 36 | ||
Totals | 94 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 164 | 109 | 111 | 97 | 91 | 572 | ||
Nett Births in the year | legitimate 5,540 ) | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 512 | ||||||||
illegitimate 297 | illegitimate infants | Co |
* Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis (7).