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 1914.
Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths nnder 1 Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Certified | 76 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 127 | 95 | 124 | 83 | 67 | 496 |
Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 | 16 | 23 | |
Scarlet fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Whooping-cough | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ||
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 2 | 6 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | |||
Convulsions | ... | 4 | 1 | ... | 10 | 1 | 2 | ... | 15 | ||
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Bronchitis | ... | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | ... | ... | 31 | |||
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 60 | |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 15 | 16 | 82 | ||
Enteritis | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 31 | |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 3 | 3 | ... | 12 | 1 | ... | 27 | ||||
Injury at birth | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Atelectasis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
Congenital Malformations (c) | 3 | 3 | ... | 7 | 3 | ... | ... | 12 | |||
Premature birth | 50 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 61 | 5 | 3 | ... | ... | 69 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Maras- mus | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 46 | |
Other causes | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 37 | |
76 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 127 | 95 | 124 | 83 | 67 | 496 |