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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

St Pancras 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: 1922. Net Deaths from Stated Causes at Various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

1922. Net Deaths from Stated Causes at Various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.! 1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks & under 3 months.3 months & under 6 months.G months & under 9 months.9 months & under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified7115201111760527137337
Uncertified——————————
Small-pox——————————
Chicken-pox——————————
Measles——1—1117515
Scarlet Fever———————213
Whooping Cough—————133411
Diphtheria and Croup——————————
Erysipelas—————1———1
Influenza———113—127
Tuberculous Meningitis——————21—3
Abdominal Tuberculosis———————1—1
Other Tuberculous Diseases—————11327
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)——————1—12
Convulsions12]26—11—8
Laryngitis——————————
Bronchitis132—61513271475
Pneumonia (all forms)11——23—4—9
Diarrhoea—————22——4
Enteritis111147105127
Gastritis——————————
Syphilis11——022—28
Rickets———————1—1
Suffocation (overlying)21——311——5
Injury at birth3———3————3
Atelectasis31——4————4
Congenital Malformations1421118823—31
Premature Birth39294545—1161
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus4—318864228
Other causes (including Influenza)11226578430
Totals7115201111760527137337

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Net Births in the year
legitimate 4,305
illegitimate 254
Net Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 299
illegitimate infants 38