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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 1925
[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 of age, 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 7 | Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 8 | Enteritis | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Congenital Malformation | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Premature Birth | 14 | 2 | - | - | 16 | - | 2 | - | - | 18 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 18 |
| 14 | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 7 |
| 15 | Atelectasis | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 16 | Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Meningitis (not | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 21 | Convulsions | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| 22 | Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | - | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 |
| 26 | Suffocation, Overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 27 | Other Causes | 4 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| Totals | 22 | 6 | 3 | - | 31 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 94 | 10 | 19 | 56 | 9 | 94 | |
Legitimate, 1,844
Nett Births in the Year
I Illegitimate, 152
Total 1,496
Legitimate Infants, 82
Nett Deaths in the Year
Illegitimate Infants, 12
Total 94