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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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XIII.
Infant Mortality.
1922. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age:—
| Cause of Death. | Under l Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | ||||||||||
| Certified | 94 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 149 | 63 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 337 |
| Uncertified | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Convulsions | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 45 |
| Diarrhcea | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 |
| Syphilis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Injury at birth | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
| Congenital Malformations | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 23 |
| Premature Birth | 53 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 78 |
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 13 | .. | 3 | 4 | 20 | 12 | 5 | .. | 2 | 39 |
| Other Causes | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| Totals | 96 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 151 | 63 | 44 | 41 | 40 | 339 |
Nett Births in the year, legitimate, 5,372; illegitimate, 198.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 317; illegitimate infants, 22.