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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 1934
[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 2 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 4 | Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 8 | Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Congenital Malformation | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 13 | Premature Birth | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | '- | - | 10 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -_ |
| 15 | Atelectasis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 16 | Injury at Birth | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 |
| .17 | Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 18 | Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 19 | Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | Meningitis (not | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 |
| 25 | Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 26 | Suffocation, Overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Other Causes | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 14 | 3 | - | 1 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 10 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 51 |
M. F. M. F. M. F.
Nett Births in the Year Legitimate, 381 363 Nett Deaths in the Year Legitimate Infants 15 21 Nett Stillbirths in the Year Legitimate Infants, 15 21
Illegitmate, 46 43 Illegitimate Infants 5 10 Illegitimate Infants 3 2
Total 427 406 Total 20 31 Total 17 13
833 51 30