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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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TABLE 4.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1915. Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of Age.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total un der 4 wks. | 1-3 months | 3 -6 months | 6- 9 months 9-12mnths | Total deaths un | der 1 year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes Certified Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysiplas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Tuberculous Menengitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | ||||
| Convulsions | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | -ยกรถ | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 15 |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 5 |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 9 |
| Gastritis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | |
| Suffocation, everlaying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Injury at birth | 3 | - | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 8 |
| Premature birth | 17 | 4 | 6 | - | 27 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 30 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| Other Causes | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Totals | 32 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 25 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 147 | |
Nett Births in
the year
(Legitimate, 1,321.
illegitimate, 83.
Nett Deaths in
the year
legitimate infants, 133
illegitimate infants, 14