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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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TABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
1912. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- |
| Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Convulsions | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Diarrhœa | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Gastritis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| Premature Birth | 20 | 1 | 5 | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | 26 |
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 10 |
| Other Causes | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| Total | 32 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 45 | 19 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 94 |
| Nett Births in the year:—Legitimate, 1459; Illegitimate, 33. | ||||||||||