London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Stoke Newington 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
TABLE II.—INFANT MORTALITY.
NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE, 1922.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 3 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Influenza | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro.spinal Meningitis . | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken.pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Injury at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Malformation | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 11 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | 13 |
| Other Causes | 3 | 2 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Totals | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 63 |