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 A.
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
C 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
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
1
—
4
7
Diarrhœa
—
—
—
—
—
—
]
—
—
1
1
—
-
-
1
8
Enteritis
—
—
—
—
—
5
5
3
—
13
—
2
7
4
13
9
Tuberculous Meningitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
Abdominal Tuberculosis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
11
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
1
12
Congenital
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13
Premature Birth
9
—
2
—
11
—
-
—
—
11
-
3
5
3
11
14
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus
1
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
2
1
1
-
-
2
15
Atelectasis
1
—
—
—
1
—
-
—
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
16
Injury at Birth
3
—
—
—
3
—
-
—
—
3
—
-
1
2
3
17
Erysipelas
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
18
Syphilis
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
19
Rickets
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
-
—
-
-
-
-
20
Meningitis (not
Tuberculous)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
21
Convulsions
-
—
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
22
Gastritis
-
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
23
Laryngitis
-
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
24
Bronchitis
-
—
—
—
—
—
1
-
-
1
-
-
1
-
1
25
Pneumonia (all forms)
2
—
—
—
2
2
1
2
1
8
1
3
2
2
8
26
Suffocation, Overlying
—
—
—
—
—
—
-
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
27
Other Causes
2
—
—
—
2
—
1
1
1
5
1
—
1
3
5
Totals
18
—
2
—
20
8
12
8
3
51
5
12
20
14
51
M. F. M. F. M. F.
Nett Births j Legitimate, 435 367 Nett Deaths ! Infants, 23 21 stillbirths 1 Legitimate Infants, 17 16
in the Yeai 1 Illegitimate, 61 58 in the Year j jnegjtimate infants, 2 5 in the Year^ f illegitimate Infants, 1 2
Total ... 496^*20 Total ^25^ ^26^ Total 18 18
916 51 3V