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, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table showing Deaths of Children under 5 Ye\rs of Age, at various Age periods,
and the principal causes of death,
Year. | Total Number of Births. | Number of Deaths from all causes of children:— | Number of Deaths from Diarrhcea and Enteritis. | Number of Deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough. | Number of Deaths from Kronchitis and Pneumonia. | Number of Deaths from Injury at Birth, Debility, Premature Firth, and Congenital Defects. | |||||||||||
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Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years. | Total under 5. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years- | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years. | Under 1 week. | Total under 4 weeks. | Total under 1 year. | ||
1919 | 3824 | 336 | 73 | 77 | 486 | 47 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 56 | 23 | 17 | 82 | 110 | 157 |
1920 | 5934 | 435 | 99 | 91 | 625 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 50 | 30 | 96 | 21 | 9 | 101 | 141 | 193 |
1921 | 4764 | 360 | 81 | 54 | 495 | 74 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 56 | 19 | 12 | 75 | 105 | 145 |
1922 | 4^59 | 33? | 153 | 128 | 618 | 31 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 60 | 36 | 84 | 47 | 33 | 63 | 87 | 127 |
1923 | 4348 | 272 | 67 | 69 | 408 | 43 | 9 | — | 9 | 17 | 6 | 48 | 25 | 18 | 85 | 107 | 133 |