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 East Ham]
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TABLE IV. .
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
1915. 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 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 17 | |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 32 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 36 | |
Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 16 | |
Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Syphilis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | |
Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
Congenital Malformations | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | 11 | |
Premature Birth | 37 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 2 | - | - | - | 53 | |
4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 32 | ||
Other Causes | 5 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | |
Totals | 58 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 94 | 48 | 47 | 50 | 24 | 263 |
Nett Births registered during the calendar year: legitimate, 3231; illegitimate, 69.
Nett Deaths registered during the calendar year of legitimate infants, 255;
illegitimate infants, 8.