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 Woolwich]
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Deaths of Infants who were on the Depot at time of Death during the Year ended 31st December, 1909.
No. | Date of Death. | Decease. | Age at Death. | Received Milk for |
---|---|---|---|---|
31 | 15/2/09 | Premature | 6 months | 4 months |
124 | 31/10/09 | Gastro-intestinal Catarrh & Bronchitis | 8 months | 8 months |
127 | 8/4/09 | Marasmus | 3½ months | 1 month |
260 | 10/11/09 | General Atrophy | 1 month | 2 weeks |
Total deaths 4. 1 death was in the first month of feeding.
The following 7 deaths occurred in 1909, after the Infants had discontinued having Depot Milk.
No. | Date of Death. | Disease. | Age at time of discontinuing | Received Milk for | Discontinued Milk. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | 10/4/09 | Marasmus | 4½ months | 2½ months | 10/2/09 |
80 | 25/1/09 | Mal-nutrition & br. pneu. | 10 months | 1 month | 15/1/09 |
99 | 16/12/09 | Diarrhoea & dentition | 11 months | 9 months | 29/10/09 |
131 | 25/7/09 | Ulcerative colitis | 6 months | 4½ months | 13/7/09 |
198 | 20/9/09 | Zymotic Enteritis | 4 months | 2½ months | 18/9/09 |
205 | 27/12/09 | General Atrophy & Bronchitis | 5½ months | 5 months | 24/12/09 |
227 | 17/9/09 | Zymotic Enteritis | 1¼months | 1 week | 4/9/09 |
Deaths within 1 week of discontinuing depot milk 2.
Deaths within the following three weeks 3.