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, 1909, showing 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 | 9-10 Months | 10-11 Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Certified | 92 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 150 | 46 | 39 | 33 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 22 | 31 | 36 | 28 | 512 |
| Uncertified | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
| i. Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Chicken-pox | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
| Measles | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 34 | |
| Scarlet Fever | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | . . | 5 | 4 | . . | 1 | 3 | 3 | 28 | |
| ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. (See notes, &c. Tables iv. & v.) | Diarrhœa, all forms | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 59 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | 27 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 56 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 74 | 3 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 78 |
| Congenital Defects (See notes on Tables iv. & v.) | 13 | . . | 3 | 4 | 20 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 23 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 3 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | . . | 2 | 1 | 1 | 75 | |
| iv. Tuberculous. Diseases. | (See notes on Tables iv. & v.) | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | . . | 2 | 7 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . . | 2 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 6 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases (See notes on Tables iv. & v.) | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . | 6 | |
| v. Other causes | Erysipelas | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Syphilis | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 2 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 8 | |
| Rickets | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | 2 | |
| Convulsions | 1 | . . | . . | . . | 2 | 3 | 2 | . . | 1 | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | 8 | |
| Bronchitis | . . | . . | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | . . | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | . . | 4 | 3 | 3 | 31 | |
| Laryngitis | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | . . | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 56 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | . . | . . | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | . . | 1 | 2 | 1 | . . | . . | 1 | . . | 18 | |
| Other Causes | 9 | . . | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | . . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | . . | . . | 2 | 3 | . . | 28 | |
| 92 | 11 | 24 | 23 | 150 | 46 | 39 | 33 | 39 | 28 | 27 | 33 | 22 | 31 | 36 | 28 | 512 | ||
Births during the year—Legitimate 3,607, illegitimate 85. Population, estimated to middle of 1909, 115,285.
Deaths from all Causes 2,189.