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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BLE VII. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months and in Sub-Districts under One Year 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. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. 1 | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| chicken-pox | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 6 |
| scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| diphtheria: (includ-ing Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | I | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 6 |
| diarrha, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 19 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| Enteritis, Muco-en- teritis Gastro-enteritis | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | ||
| gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| premature Birth | 45 | 1 | 3 | .. | 50 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 54 |
| congenital Defects | 12 | .. | 3 | .. | 17 | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 30 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 30 |
| injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
| want of Breast-milk Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 28 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| tuberculous Perito- nitis: Tabes Mesenterical | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
| rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 19 | |
| laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
| pneumonia | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 30 |
| suffocation,overlying | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .. | 12 |
| other Causes | 4 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | |
| 71 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 103 | 36 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 267 | 59 | 77 | 105 | 26 | 267 |
Population. Estimated to middle of 1908—126,867.
births in the year, legitimate, 2,441; illegitimate, 118.
deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 227; illegitimate infants, 40.
deaths from all causes at all ages, 1,845.