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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
Leyton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table XV.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1906. Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and
Months Under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under i 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 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | 76 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 132 | 36 | 25 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 382 |
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria: Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 80 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 23 |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 |