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 Acton]
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Table 5.INFANTILE MORTALITY
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks | 2-3 weeks | 3-4 weeks | Total under 1 month. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diphtheria (including Membanous Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Whooping Cough. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhoeal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 |
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis, Gastro enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth. | 26 | 1 | ... | 1 | 28 |
Congenital Defects | 7 | 1 | ... | l | 9 | |
Injury at Birth | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Want of Birth milk, starvation | ... | ... | ... | l | 1 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculosis Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tuberculosis Peri tonitis:Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Meningitis, (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Convulsions | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | l | |
Laryngitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | l | |
Pneumonia | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | l | ... | ... | 2 | |
Other Causes | ... | l | ... | 2 | 3 | |
39 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 57 | ||
Population estimated to middle of 1907, 53,000. | ||||||
Births in the year | legitimate, | 1498 | ||||
illegitimate | 37 |