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 1924.
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 under 1 Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All causes | Certified | 46 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 40 | 221 |
Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Smallpox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |
Scarlet fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Whooping cough | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Tuberculous meningitis | ... | ... | .... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | |
Abdominal tuberculosis (b) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | |
Other tuberculous diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Meningitis (not tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | |
Convulsions | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 5 | |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Bronchitis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 18 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 8 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 54 | |
Diarrhoea | ... | • • • | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Enteritis | ... | • • • | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
Gastritis | ... | • • • | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Syphilis | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 5 | |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Suffocation, overlying | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | |
Injury at birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Atelectasis | 3 | • • • | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
Congenital | malformations (c) | 6 | 1 | 1 | ... | 8 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 10 |
Premature birth | 26 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 35 | |
Atrophy, Debility and | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
V Marasmus | 5 | 2 | ... | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | ... | 22 | |
Other causes | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
46 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 40 | 221 |
Nett Births in the year.—Legitimate, 2,471 ; illegitimate, 57. Nett Deaths
in the year of legitimate infants, 212 ; illegitimate infants, 9.