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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 10.
INFANTILE MORTALITY. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various ages under One Year, 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 1 2 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 Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 8 | Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | Congenital Malformation | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Premature Birth | 9 | 3 | 2 | — | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 |
| 14 | Atrophy. Debility and Marasmus | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Atelectasis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 16 | Injury at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 17 | Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Syphilis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Meningitis (not | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 23 | Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 |
| 25 | Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | l 1 |
| 26 | Suffocation, Overlaying | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 27 | Other Causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | 19 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 48 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 48 |
Nett Births I legitimate, 362 343 Nett Deathsf Legitimate Infants, 18 15 Nett Stillbirths f Legitimate Infants, 12 10
I Illegitimate, 48 49 ln th< Yt,ar ( Illegitimate Infants, 7 8 ln tlle Year { Illegitimate Infants, 2 5
Total ... 410^ 392 Total 25 23 Total 14 15
802 48 29