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 V.—Infantile Mortality during the Tear 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Tear of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. 1 | 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 | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church. | St. John. | Totals. | |
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i. Common Infectious Diseases. | 'Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 3 | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | 7 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 17 | 4 | .. | 11 | 2 | 17 |
Enteritis, Muco-en teritisGastro-enteritis | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | 7 | |
iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 47 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 3 | 47 |
Congenital Defects | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 45 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 45 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk Starvation | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 20 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 20 | |
iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | 'Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Tuberculous Perito nitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseasesj | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
v. Other Causes. | Erypsipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 17 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Pneumonia | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 22 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | .. | 13 | |
Other Causes | 5 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 23 | |
65 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 98 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 259 | 59 | 49 | 123 | 28 | 259 |
Population. Estimated to middle of 1909—126,027.
Births in the year, legitimate, 2,414; illegitimate, 120.
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 226; illegitimate infants, 33.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1,849.