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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(i) ST. PANCRAS—Year 1876—Relative Ages and Causes of Deaths of Infants under 1 Yeah of Age.
1st Week | 2nd Week | 3rd Week | 4th Week | solar months. | Total under 1 Year. | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 6 | fi to 7 | 7 to 8 | 8 to 9 | 9 to 10 | 10 to 11 | 11 to 12 | |||||||
A. | Premature Birth | 47 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 73 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 79 |
Congenital Defects | 9 | 3 | .. | 12 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | ||
A. Total . | 56 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 85 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 92 | |
B. | Diarrhoea, Dysentery Cholera | .. | 1 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 194 | |
Enteritis, Gastro-Entcritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |||
B. Total | .. | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | 33 | 28 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | .. | 200 | |
C. | Diseases of Stomach | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
,, Liver | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
C. Total | 2 | 1 | 1 | l | 5 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Total of A B and C | 58 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 104 | 42 | 33 | 30 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 307 | ||
All other diseases | 96 | 23 | 39 | 29 | 187 | 120 | 80 | 73 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 59 | 45 | 72 | 71 | 60 | 960 | |
Sum Total | 154 | 42 | 51 | 44 | 291 | 162 | 113 | 103 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 72 | 54 | 81 | 77 | 65 | 1267 |
Total A | 6.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 0.8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11.1 |
„ B | .. | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 24.1 |
„ C | 0.2 | 01 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | . . | 0.2 | 0.2 | .. | 0.1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1.8 |
ABC | 7.0 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 12.5 | 5.0 | 40 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 07 | 0.6 | 37.0 |
All other diseases | 11.5 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 22.5 | 14.4 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 7.2 | 115.4 |
Sum Total | 18.5 | 5.1 | 6'1 | 5.3 | 35.0 | 19.5 | 13.6 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 8.7 | 6 5 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 7.8 | 152.4 |
68.1 | 32.2 | 25.3 | 26.8 |