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. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE VIII- Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under-l 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 Mouths. | 9-10 Mon hs. | 10-11 Months. | 1 1-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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Common Infectious Diseases. | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | 8 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 40 | ||||
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 15 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
i. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 24 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 43 |
Congenital Defects | 15 | 2 | .. | 2 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 26 | |
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Want of Breast-milk Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 55 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Tuberculous Perito- nitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | |
Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 13 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 8 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | |
Suffocation, overling | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
. Other Causes | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 5 | 2 | .. | 27 | |
73 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 119 | 31 | 30 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 11 | 322 |
Population. Estimated to middle of 1906—127,960.
Births in the year 2,648.
Total deaths under one year, 322.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 2,265.