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
under4
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
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
Diphtheria and Croup
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
—
1
1
—
2
6
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
4
—
—
1
3
4
7
Diarrhœa
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
1
8
Enteritis
—
—
—
2
2
5
5
2
—
14
4
3
4
3
14
9
Tuberculous Meningitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
2
1
—
—
1
2
10
Abdominal Tuberculosis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
ll
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
12
Congenital Malformation
2
—
—
—
2
1
—
—
—
3
—
1
1
1
3
13
Premature Birth
14
2
1
—
17
4
—
—
—
21
7
3
9
2
21
14
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus
—
1
—
—
1
7
3
2
2
15
1
4
6
4
15
15
Atelectasis
4
—
—
—
4
—
—
—
—
4
2
—
1
1
4
16
Injury at Birth
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
17
Erysipelas
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
18
Syphilis
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
—
—
3
—
1
2
—
3
19
Rickets
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
20
Meningitis (not Tuberoulous)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
21
Convulsions
—
—
1
1
2
—
2
—
—
4
1
i
2
4
22
Gastritis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
—
1
—
1
23
Laryngitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
24
Bronchitis
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
—
3
5
—
1
4
—
5
25
Pneumonia (all forms)
—
2
—
2
4
4
3
6
19
—
2
11
6
19
26
Suffocation, Overlying
2
—
—
2
—
1
—
—
3
—
1
2
—
3
27
Other Causes
3
2
—
2
7
1
2
1
1
12
1
2
6
3
12
Totals
25
5
4
5
39
24
23
13
16
115
18
21
50
26
115
Legitimate, 1,502 Legitimate Infants, 85
Nett Births in the Year Nett Deaths in the Year
Illegitimate, 177 Illegitimate Infants, 30
Total 1,679 Total 115