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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ENQUIRIES INTO INFANT DEATHS.—TABLE VI.
| 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 | Diarrhœa | Prematurity | Marasmus | Atrophy, etc. | Bronchitis | Pneumonia | Convulsions | Suffocation | Measles | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | . Meningitis | Miscellaneous | |||||
| 0 to 1 | 54 | 26 | ... | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 21 | ... | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 18 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 to 2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | 1 |
| 2 to 3 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 |
| 3 to 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| 4 to 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| 5 to 6 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| 6 to 7 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| 7 to 8 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 8 to 9 | 4 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 9 to 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 10 to 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 11 to 12 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... |
| 130 | 72 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 5 | 9 | |