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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 MOnths. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ail v-auses— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified ......... | 131 | 39 | 24 | 59 | 43 | 57 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 24 | 597 | ||||
| Uncertified......... | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Common Infectious | |||||||||||||||||
| Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox......... | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox ...... | I | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Measles ......... | I | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 21 | |||||||||
| Scarlet Fever ...... | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria: Mem. Croup | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough...... | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | I | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 26- | ||||||
| Diarrhceal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4* | |||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | 1 | t | 9 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 48. | |||
| Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh ...... | 1 | 1 | 2- | ||||||||||||||
| Wasting Diseases — | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth...... | 79 | 9 | 9 | 7 | IO4 | 6 | 1 | iii | |||||||||
| Congenital Defects | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4« | |||||||
| Injury at Birth ...... | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation ...... | |||||||||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus ......... | 13 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 86- | |||
| Tuberculous Diseases- | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | 1 | j | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases ...... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas ........ | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Syphilis ........ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6- | ||||||||||
| Rickets........... | 1 | 1 | 2- | ||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) ........... | I | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ! | 7 | ||||||||||
| Convulsions........ | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 29 | |||||
| Bronchitis ........ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | i | 43 | ||
| Laryngitis ........ | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia ........ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | *6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | T2 | ||
| Suffocation, overlying | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||
| Other Causes ..... | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 30 | |
| '35 | 39 | 27 | 24 | 225 | |» | 43 | 57 | 30 | 25 | 28 | 3i | 34 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 601 |