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 Hornsey, Borough of]
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TABLE V.
BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 1-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes 1 | Certified | 26 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 96 |
| Uncertified | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| I Common Infectious Diseases | 'Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | ||||||||||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria (including membranous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |
| II. Diarrhoeal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| III. Wasting Diseases | f Premature Birth | 19 | ... | ... | ... | 19 | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25 |
| Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus J | 3 | l | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 21 | |
| IV. Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
| V. Other Causes | Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Rickets | ||||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Convulsions | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | |
| Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 5 | |
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Other Causes | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| 27 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 97 | ||
Registration District, Edmonton. Sub-district, Hornsey.
Population, estimated to middle of 1910, 94,721.
Births in the year <
legitimate, 1,362.
illegitimate, 31.
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 90
illegitimate infants, 7
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 737.