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 St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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St. Pancras.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. 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. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 149 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 242 | 96 | 90 | 50 | 38 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 27 | 782 |
Uncertified | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 15 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 29 | |
Diarrhoeal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 105 |
Enteritis {not Tuberculous). | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 9 | 54 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Wasting Diseases. | 84 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 111 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 123 | |
Congenital Defects | 7 | 8 | 1 | .. | 16 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 26 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Want of Breast-milk | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 92 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 12 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | .. | 26 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 9 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 | ||
Bronchitis | 2 | .. | l | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | .. | 47 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 9 | .. | 97 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 11 | .. | 2 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 31 | |
Other Causes | 28 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 62 | |
154 | 34 | 27 | 32 | 247 | 96 | 90 | 50 | 38 | 64 | 41 | 23 | 37 | 36 | 38 | 27 | 787 |
Legitimate 5533 Population, estimated to middle of 1905 237150
Births in the year Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Illegitimate 278 Including inmates of Extra-Borough Institutions 2333
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages .. 3728
{Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough).