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 Leyton]
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Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth
2
3
13
3
2
8
13
6
3
53
Congenital Defects
-
-
3
3
1
2
3
—
2
14
Injury at Birth
—
-
2
1
-
-
-
1
-
4
Want of Breast-milk,
Starvation
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus,
3
6
6
10
4
6
6
4
3
48
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis
1
-
1
-
-
1
-
2
1
6
Tuberculous Peritonitis ;
-
-
-
-
Tabes Mesenterica
2
-
1
—
—
-
1
—
—
4
Other Tuberculous Diseases
—
1
1
—
—
-
—
—
—
2
Other Causes—
Erysipelas
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
—
1
2
Syphilis
—
1
-
—
-
1
2
2
1
7
Rickets
—
-
-
—
-
-
—
—
—
—
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis)..
—
-
-
-
-
-
2
2
—
4
Convulsions
—
1
1
—
-
3
3
3
2
13
Bronchitis
1
1
1
2
-
2
3
—
1
11
Laryngitis
—
-
-
-
-
-
—
—
—
—
Pneumonia
1
3
4
-
1
3
2
1
—
15
Suffocation, overlaying-
-
1
-
-
-
-
—
2
—
3
Other Causes
—
4
4
1
—
2
1
—
-
12
Totals
12
26
47
21
10
34
43
29
20
242
Births in the Year
Legitimate
3025
Deaths in the Year of
legitimate Infants
228
Illegitimate
46
Illegitimate Infants
14
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages,
242
Population. Estimated to middle of 1908
121,200
Birth Rate
25.3
Infantile Mortality Rate
78.8