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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Average rate of infant mortality under one voar per 1000 births, among male and female infants, severally, in two groups of Counties in England and Wales, in the opening i\nd dosing quinquennia of tho last quarter of a century.
Causes of Death. | Urban Counties. | Rural Counties. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||||||
1873-1877 | 1898-1902 | 1873-1877 | 1898-1902 | 1873-1877 | 1898-1902 | 1873-1877 | 1898-1902 | ||
A. | Premature Birth | 14.2 | 22.3 | 11.6 | 17.9 | 12.6 | 20.7 | 10.0 | 16.7 |
Congenital defects | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 | |
Total | 16.2 | 27.6 | 13.4 | 22.0 | 14.5 | 25.3 | 11.7 | 20.4 | |
B. | Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera, Enteritis | 22.1 | 36.6 | 18.8 | 32.5 | 11.1 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 14.8 |
C. | Diseases of Stomach and Liver . | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 2.2 |
Total of A. B. C. | 40.2 | 67.7 | 33.5 | 57.4 | 27.2 | 46.7 | 22.1 | 37.4 | |
All other diseases | 135.7 | 112.3 | 112.0 | 91.8 | 112.7 | 92.1 | 90.4 | 73.6 | |
All causes | 175.9 | 180.0 | 145.5 | 149.2 | 139.9 | 138.8 | 112.5 | 1100 |