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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
Acton 1910
[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. | 1-2 months. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Infectious Diseases | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chicken-pox. | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Enteritis-Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |
| Congenital Defects | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ||
| Injury at Birth | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ||
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 4 | 2 | 2 | ... | 8 | 1 | ||
| Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Other causes | Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | |
| Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculosis) | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ||
| Convulsions | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ||
| Bronchitis | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | ... | ||
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ||
| Pneumonia | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ||
| Suffocation,overlying Other causes | ... 2 | ... ... | ... 1 | ... ... | ... 3 | ... ... | ||
| 37 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 58 | 9 | |||
Population estimated to middle of 1010. 57.000.
Births in the year
legitimate, 1441
illegitimate, 36