London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Barking 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
This page requires JavaScript
12
INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1922.
The following table gives the actual causes of death of children dying under
one year of age. It is to be observed that the smallness of the number is due to
the absence of deaths from diarrhœa.
Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.
| Causes of Death. (All causet certified.) | Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tubercular meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other tubercular diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis (not tubercular) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Convulsions | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Diarrhœa | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, overlaying | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Injury at birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atalectasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Congenital malformation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Premature birth | 9 | — | 2 | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Atrophy, debility and marasmus | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Other causes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Totals | 13 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 49 |
Nett Births in the Year: —
Legitimate 855
Illegitimate 27
Nett Deaths in the Year: —
Legitimate 49
Illegitimate —