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 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
Month;
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
—
—
—
1
1
4
Scarlet Fever
–
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
–
—
5
Diphtheria and Croup
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
6
Whooping Cough
–
–
–
–
–
1
2
1
1
5
2
—
3
–
5
7
Diarrhœa
–
–
–
–
–
2
5
1
—
8
3
1
3
1
8
8
Enteritis
1
—
—
1
2
3
9
4
6
24
4
3
11
6
24
9
Tuberculous Meningitis
–
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
2
—
—
2
—
2
10
Abdominal Tuberculosis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
11
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
12
Congenital Malformation
3
–
2
–
5
2
2
1
1
11
2
4
3
2
11
13
Premature Birth
8
2
2
–
12
3
2
—
—
17
5
6
3
3
17
14
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus
1
2
–
3
2
–
–
–
5
–
–
3
2
5
15
Atelectasis
1
1
—
—
2
—
–
—
–
2
–
2
—
—
2
16
Injury at Birth
4
—
—
—
4
1
–
—
–
5
––
—
2
3
5
17
Erysipelas
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
18
Syphilis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
19
Rickets
—
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
20
Meningitis (not
Tuberculous)
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
1
–
1
–
–
1
21
Convulsions
—
—
—
—
—
1
–
—
–
1
–
—
1
—
1
22
Gastritis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
23
Laryngitis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
24
Bronchitis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
2
–
2
1
—
1
—
2
25
Pneumonia (all forms)
1
—
—
—
1
—
–
2
–
3
–
1
2
—
3
26
Suffocation, Overlying
—
—
—
—
—
—
–
—
–
—
–
—
—
—
—
27
Other Causes
—
—
2
1
3
—
–
1
1
5
1
1
2
1
5
Totals.
19
5
6
2
32
16
20
13
11
92
18
19
36
19
92
M. F. M. F. M. F.
Nett Births Legitimate 477 456 Nett Deaths Legitimate infants 41 37 Nett Stillbirths Legitimate infants 17 16
in the Year illegitimate, 73 49 in the year Illegitimate Infants, 9 5 in the Year illegitimate Infants, 2 2
Total 550 505 Total 50 42 Total 19 18
1,055 92 37