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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE III.
| Cause of Death. | Diarrhoea. | Prematurity. | Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Convulsions. | Suffocation. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | T uberculosis. | Meningitis including Tuberculous. | Miscellaneous. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Souls | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 40 |
| St. Mary | 6 | 7 | 9 | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 17 | 49 |
| Christ Church | 35 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 137 |
| St. John | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 35 |
| Totals | 49 | 33 | 30 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 67 | 261 |
TABLE IV.
| Certified cause of Death. | Months. 0-3 | Months. 3-6 | Months. 6-12. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea | 20 | 11 | 18 | 49 |
| Prematurity | 33 | — | — | 33 |
| Marasmus, Atrophy and Debility | 20 | 5 | 5 | 30 |
| Bronchitis | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 1 | 8 | 16 |
| Convulsions | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Suffocation | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Measles | 1 | - | 11 | 12 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| Tuberculosis | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Meningitis (including Tuberculous) | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Miscellaneous | 43 | 5 | 19 | 67 |
| Totals | 144 | 30 | 87 | 261 |
In Table IV., the third of the set, the deaths occurring in the age groups 0-3
months, 3-6 months, and 6-12 months, are classified under the causes set forth in
Tables III. and III. (a), Tables IV. and IV. (a); of the Local Government Board series,
which will be found at page 92-5, also contain information regarding this important
subject.
The bulk of the deaths, 144 (55 per cent.) it will be noted are of infants under
three months old. In previous years the results have been exactly similar, the
percentage in 1910 being 54 and in 1909, 59.
The number of children who died before reaching the age of one month was 76,
about half of the total. In 1910, the percentage was much the same, 102 out of 137
deaths under three months of age taking place before the end of the first month.