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 IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH
during the year 1911.
Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 1 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months | 3-6 Months | 6-9 Months | 9-12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | Certified | 94 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 154 | 98 | 152 | 104 | 90 | 598 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | |
| Scarlet fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Diarrhœa | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 43 | 28 | 20 | 108 | |
| Enteritis.. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 11 | l8 | 14 | 12 | 57 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis (b). | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 8 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | |||
| Congenital Malformations (e) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 15 | ||
| Premature birth | 64 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 78 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 79 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 77 | |
| Atelectasis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| Injurry at birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .. | 16 | ||
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 44 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 58 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 22 | |
| Other causes | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 29 | |
| 94 | 21 | 17 | 22 | 154 | 98 | 152 | 104 | 90 | 598 | ||
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate 3,404, illegitimate 93. Nett Deaths
in the year of legitimate infants 578, illegitimate infants 20.
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