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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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ENQUIRIES INTO INFANT DEATHS.—TABLE VII.
| Totals | First-born | Twins | Method of Feeding. | Mother's Health | Mother's Work | Condition of Tenement | No. of Rooms in Tenement | Age in Months. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast only | Breast, etc. | Cows' milk | Artificial and condensed | Not fed | Good | Indifferent | Bad | None | Away from home | Ditto intermittently | Some home work | Clean | Fair | Dirty | One | Two | Three | Four or more | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | 3 | ... | Diarrhœa | 7 | ... | 5 | 2 | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | 11 | 3 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | ... | 5 | 6 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
| 21 | 8 | 2 | Prematurity | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 13 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 1 | ... | 19 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | ... | ... | 21 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 3 | ... | ... | Marasmus | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 10 | 2 | ... | Atrophy & developmental | 6 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 8 | 2 | ... | 9 | ... | ... | 1 | 10 | ... | ... | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 12 | 3 | ... | Bronchitis | 10 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 10 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 1 | 5 | 7 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 |
| 13 | 1 | 1 | Pneumonia | 9 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 1 | 1 | 12 | ... | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| 8 | 3 | ... | Convulsions | 5 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 2 | ... | 4 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 4 | ... | ... | Suffocation | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 8 | 1 | Measles | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | ... | ... | Whooping Cough | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| 2 | ... | ... | Tuberculosis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| 6 | ... | 1 | Meningitis including Tuberculous | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
| 27 | 5 | 1 | Miscellaneous | 14 | 1 | 4 | ... | 8 | 24 | 3 | ... | 22 | 1 | 4 | ... | 25 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| 130 | 26 | 5 | 72 | 9 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 108 | 15 | 7 | 111 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 117 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 73 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |