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 Shoreditch]
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TABLE V. BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Infantile Mortality during the year, 1907, showing deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | U nder 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months | 2-3 Months | 3-4 Months | 45 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 | Certified | 84 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 143 | 55 | 71 | 46 | 34 | 28 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 569 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 29 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Diphtheria Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 41 | |
| ii. Diarrhoeal Diseases. (See notes, &c. Tables iv. & v.) | Diarrhoea, all forms | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 57 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 36 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 43 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 52 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 60 |
| Congenital Defects (See notes on Tables iv. & v.) | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 23 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Atrophy, Debiliry, Marasmus | 14 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .. | 1 | 2 | 65 | |
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis (See notes on Tables iv. & v ) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases (See notes on Tables iv. & v.) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | |
| v. Other causes | Erysipelas | • • | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 10 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 10 | |
| Convulsions | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 17 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 63 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 56 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 26 | |
| Other Causes | 7 | .. | 3 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | |
| 84 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 143 | 55 | 71 | 46 | 34 | 28 | 38 | 36 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 569 | ||
Births in the year—Legitimate 3,635, illegitimate 85. Population, estimated to middle of 1907, 116,073.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 2,365.
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