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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Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year o* 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. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | ||
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Other Causes | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 22 | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 21 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 33 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Other Causes | 12 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 51 | |
Totals | 80 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 133 | 40 | 30 | 33 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 391 | |
Percentage of total deaths | 20.5 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 3.3 | 34.0 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.6 | .. | |
Births in the year | legitimate | 4,042 | Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants | 367 | |||||||||||||
illegitimate | 130 | illegitimate infants | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,678 | Population, Estimated to middle of 1909 150,145 |