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 4.
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. | 1-2 months. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Diarrhceal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 3 |
Congenital Defects | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 5 | 1 | |
Injury at Birth | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | |
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | |
Atrophy, Debility, | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Marasmus | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 8 | 7 | |
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Meningitis ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Other Causes | Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
'Convulsions | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | |
Bronchitis | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | ||
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | |
Other causes | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | |
31 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 20 |
Population estimated to middle of 1909, 56,000.
legitimate, 1451.
Births in the year
illegitimate, 29.