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 11.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1907. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Tear of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 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. 1___ | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Mont hs. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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i.. Common Infectious Diseases. | Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria : Croup. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 11 | |
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Premature Birth | 22 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 37 | |
Congenital Defects . | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | ||
Want of Breast-milk Starvation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 32 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
. Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 9 | |
Convulsions | 1 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | ||
Bronchitis | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 2 | 32 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | |
Other Causes | 8 | 4 | .. | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 27 | |
55 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 98 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 264 |
Population. Estimated to middle of 1907—127,718.
Births in the year 2,583.
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 252 , illegitimate infants, 12.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1,931.
Death rate per thousand of registered births, 102.026.
Average death rate per thousand of registered births for 5 years ending 1906, 137.98.