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 Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE A1.
Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington.— Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Diarrhœal Diseases. | Wasting Diseases. | Tuberculous Diseases. | Meningitis (not Tuberculous). | Convulsions | Bronchitis (including Broncho-Pneumonia) | Laryngitis | Suffocation | Other causes | Measles | Venereal Diseases | Totals | |||||||||
| Diphtheria : Croup | Whooping Cough | Diarrhoea, all forms | Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | Premature Birth | Congenital Defects | Injury at Birth | Want of Breast-milk | Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | Tuberculous Meniogitis | Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Under 1 Week | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 15 |
| 1-2 Weeks | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| 2-3 Weeks | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 7 |
| 3-4 Weeks | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| Total under 1 Month | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | .. | .. | 26 |
| 1—2 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| 2—3 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
| 3—4 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
| 4—5 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| 5—6 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| 6—7 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| 7—8 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| 8—9 Months | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| 9-10 Months | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| 10-11 Months | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 9 |
| 11-12 Months | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Total Deaths under 1 Tear | .. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 12 | .. | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 84 |