London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Months. | Totals | Method of Feeding | Reasons for Weaning | Cause of Death | First-born | Twins | Illegitimate | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast only | Breast, etc. | Cows' milk | Artificial or condensed | Not fed | Loss of milk | Illness of mother or child | Mother's work | Mother's death | Diarrhoea | Prematurity | Marasmus | Atrophy, etc. | Bronchitis | Pneumonia | Convulsions | Suffocation | Measles | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | Meningitis | Miscellaneous | |||||
| 0 to 1 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | I | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1 to 2 | 7 | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 |
| 2 to 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 3 to 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | .. | 2 | ... | ... | ... | |
| 4 to 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 to 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 6 to 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 7 to 8 | 4 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
| 8 to 9 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 9 to 10 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | .. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 10 to 11 | 9 | 4 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 11 to 12 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 97 | 49 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | |