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 I.
Infant Mortality. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various ages under 1 Year, and in Sub-Districts.
No.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under
1
Week.
1 and
under 2
Weeks.
2 and
under 3
Weeks.
3 and
under 4
Weeks.
Total
under 1
month.
1 and
under 3
Months
3 and
under 6
Months
6 and
under 9
Months
9 and
under 12
Months
Total
Deaths
under 1
Year.
All Souls.
St. Mary.
Christ
Church.
St. John.
Total.
1
Small-Pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
Chicken-Pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
Measles
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
2
—
1
1
—
2
4
Scarlet Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
—
1
5
Diphtheria and Croup
—
—
—
—-
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
6
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
2
6
1
—
5
—
6
7
Diarrhœa
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
1
—
4
1
—
2
1
4
8
Enteritis
2
2
2
—
6
1
4
4
1
16
5
4
6
1
16
9
Tuberculous Meningitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
1
1
10
Abdominal Tuberculosis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
11
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
1
—
—
—
1
—
3
—
1
5
—
2
2
1
5
12
Congenital Malformation
1
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
—
2
—
—
1
1
2
13.
Premature Birth
19
2
4
2
27
—
—
—
—
27
3
6
17
1
27
14
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus
1
—
2
—
3
10
6
2
—
21
7
3
8
3
21
15
Atelectasis
3
—
—
—
3
—
—
—
—
3
—
—
2
1
3
16
Injury at Birth
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
17
Erysipelas
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
18
Syphilis
1
—
—
2
3
—
2
—
—
5
1
—
3
1
5
19
Rickets
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
20
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
2
1
—
—
1
2
21
Convulsions
—
—
1
—
1
—
1
—
—
2
1
—
1
—
2
22
Gastritis
—
—
1
—
1
2
—
—
1
4
—
1
3
—
4
23
Laryngitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
24
Bronchitis
—
2
—
—
2
5
3
2
2
14
1
4
8
1
14
25
Pneumonia (all forms)
—
2
—
—
2
4
2
2
2
12
2
5
4
1
12
26
Suffocation, Overlying
2
—
—
—
2
—
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
1
2
27
Other Causes
7
4
—
1
12
—
1
2
—
15
3
1
8
3
15
Totals
37
12
10
5
64
28
25
17
11
145
28
27
71
19
145
* Legitimate, 2,010 Legitimate Infants, 110
Nett Births in the Year Nett Deaths in the Year
illegitimate, 207 Illegitimate Infants, 35
Total 2,217 Total 145