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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Borough of Wandsworth.
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. | 4—5 Months. | 5—6 Months. | 6—7 Months. | 7—8 Months. | 8-0 Months. | 9—10 Months. | 10—11 Months. | 11—12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year, |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 44 | 45 | 32 | 88 | 78 | 50 | 59 | 43 | 36 | 37 | 34 | 865 | |||||
| Uncertified | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria: Croup | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Diarrhceal Diseases- | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 19 | 15 | |||||||||||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 71 | ||||
| Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Wasting Diseases- | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 7 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Congenital Defects | 19 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 44 | |||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 32 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tuberculous Diseases- | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Dis eases | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tubercu lous) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 6 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 39 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 45 | ||||
| Laryngitis | ... | ||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Causes | 7 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 39 | |||||||
| 44 | 45 | 33 | 88 | 78 | 71 | 50 | 59 | 43 | 37 | 29 | 37 | 34 | 874 |
Population (estimated to middle of 1906), 310,310.
Births in the year—legitimate, 6,783 ; illegitimate, 203.
Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 792 ; illegitimate infants, 82.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 3,461.