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 1910. 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. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 1 10-11 Months. I | 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 6 | |||
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Diphtheria: (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 | |||
ii. Diarrhceal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
Enteritis, Muco enteritis Gastro-enteritis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | •• | 2 | 5 | 5 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 25 | |||
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 38 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 54 | 14 | 26 | 3 | 54 | |||
Congenital Defects . | 12 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 34 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 34 | ||
Injury at Birth | 7 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | ||
Want of Breast-milk Starvation | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 22 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 | |||
iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | 'Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Convulsions | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |||
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | ||
Suffocation,overlying | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 8 | |
Other Causes | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | |
66 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 102 | 19 | 1G | 25 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 253 | 59 | 48 | 115 | 31 | 253 |
Population. Estimated to middle of 1910-125,195.
Births in the year, legitimate, 2,442; illegitimate, 114.
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 224; illegitimate infants, 29.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1,607.