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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TABLE X.
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. | Wards . | ||||||
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St. James Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | ||||||||||||
All Causes | Certified | 40 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 122 | ||||||
Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Small-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Chicken-Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | ||
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |||
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | 1 | ||
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Bronchitis | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | ||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Enteritis | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | |||||
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | ||||
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||
Atelectasis | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | |||
Congenital Malformations | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Premature Birth | 25 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 34 | 3 | - | - | - | 37 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | ||||
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Other Causes | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | I | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Totals | 40 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 67 | 17 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 122 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 20 |