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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
Erith 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table IV.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1915.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year of age.
| Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 wks. & under 3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Certified | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 54 | |
| causes Uncertified | ||||||||||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | ||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Diphtheria & Croup | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ||||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous | ||||||||||
| Diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuber | ||||||||||
| culous) | ||||||||||
| Convulsions | ||||||||||
| Laryngitis | ||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||||||
| Enteritis | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Gastritis | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | ||||||||||
| Rickets | ||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Injury at birth | ||||||||||
| Atelectasis | ||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Premature birth | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Other causes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |||
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 54 |
Nett Births in the year:—Legitimate, 716; Illegitimate, 22.
Nett Deaths in the year of:—Legitimate Infants, 47; Illegitimate
Infants, 7.