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 Walthamstow]
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Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Mths. | 3 Months and under 6 Mths. | 6 Months and under 9 Mths. | 9 Months and under 12 Mths. | Total Deaths under One Year. | Wards. | ||||||
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St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Hale End. | Higham Hill. | ||||||||||||
All Causes | Certified | 40 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 68 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 146 | ||||||
Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Chicken-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Whooping Cough | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Convulsions | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bronchitis | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | |
Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
Enteritis | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | ||
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Injury at Birth | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Atelectasis | 6 | 1 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Congenital Malformations | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | |
Premature Birth | 20 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 5 | - | 1 | - | 34 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 6 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 22 | - | - | - | - | ||
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Causes | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
40 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 68 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 146 | 29 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 28 |