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 Barking]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. Death from. stated Cauas In Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death
Under
1 Week
1-2 Weeks
2-3 Weeks
3-4 Weeks
Total under
1 month
1-2 months
2-3 months
3-4 months
4-5 months
5-6 months
6-7 months
7-8 months
8-9 months
9-10 months
10-11 months
11-12 months
Total
Deaths
under
One
Year.
All Causes—Certified
19
4
2
2
27
12
9
10
5
7
8
7
6
4
9
6
110
Common Infectious Diseases—
•
Measles
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
1
2
Whooping Cough
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Diarrhœal Diseases-Diarrhœa, all forms–
—
—
—
1
1
—
2
—
2
4
2
5
1
3
3
2
25
Wasting Diseases—Premature Birth
7
1
—
—
8
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
9
Congenital Defects
2
1
—
—
3
—
—
l
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
7
2
—
—
9
9
2
—
1
—
1
—
1
—
—
1
24
Tubercular Diseases—
Tubercular Meningitis
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
l
1
—
1
—
2
—
—
—
5
Tubercular Peritonitis: Tabes
Mesenterica
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
Other Tubercular Diseases
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
—
2
Other Causes— Syphilis
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
l
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
Meningitis (not Tubercular)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
1
—
1
4
Convulsions
2
—
—
—
2
—
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
4
Bronchitis
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
2
—
—
—
1
—
—
1
1
6
Pneumonia
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
1
1
2
—
1
—
4
—
11
Suffocation, overlying
1
—
—
—
1
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
3
Other causes
—
—
1
—
1
—
2
1
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
—
5
19
4
2
2
27
12
9
10
5
7
8
7
6
4
9
6
110
Births in the year, legitimate 903, illegitimate 21. Deaths in the year of legitimate infants 100, illegitimate infants 10.
Population, estimated to middle of 1908, 30,000. Deaths from all Causes at all ages 376.