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 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. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. James' Street | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Hale End | Higham Hill | |||||||||||
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chickenpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Diptheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | 4 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | - | 11 | 5 | - | 3 | - | ||
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | |||
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Congenital Malformations | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 9 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | - |
| Premature. Birth | 10 | 2 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Inanition | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Heart Failure | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 9 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Other Causes | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Totals | 31 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 89 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 21 | 8 |