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 Southgate]
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TABLE V.
Infantile Mortality during the year 1907. Deaths from Stated Causes 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—1C Months. | 10—11 Months. | 11—12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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All Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
Certified | 13 | 3 | 3 | .. | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 37 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
i. Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
ii. Diarrhceal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
iii. Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Congenital Defects | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Injury at Birth.. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Want of Breast-milk,Starvat'n Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
iv. Tuberculosis Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tubes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
v. Other Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Causes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
13 | 3 | 3 | .. | 19 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 37 |
Population (estimated to the middle of 1908) 32,000
Births in the year
legitimate 655
illegitimate 4
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 37
illegitimate infants 0
Deaths from all causes at all ages 240