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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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38 Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
TABLE XX. (Table 5.)
Borough of Wandsworth—Clapham Sub-District.
TABLE XX.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks aud Months under One Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1— 2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 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. | Months. | 9—TO Months. | 10—II Months. | 11—2 Months. | Total Deaths under i Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— Certified | 24 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 122 | ||||
| Uncertified | ... | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Common Infectious Diseases— Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..J |
| Diphtheria : Mem. Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | ||||||
| Diarrhoeal Diseases— Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | ||
| Gastritis, Ga^tro Intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Wasting Diseases-Premature Birth | 2 | .. | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | ||
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 2 | .. | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 17 | ||
| Tuberculous Diseases-Tuberculous Meningitis. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Convulsions | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Other Causes | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | |||
| 24 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |