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 Willesden]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Mouths 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. | 1-5 Mouths. \ | 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. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 77 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 130 | 40 | 30 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 387 |
Uncertified | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious -Diseases | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 25 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 48 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 72 |
Congenital Defects | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 22 | |
Injury at Birth | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 46 |