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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
East Ham 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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| Cause of Df.ath. | Under I Week | 1-2 Weeks | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 WeeUs. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | Certified | 87 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 127 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 312 | |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | ||
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 12 | ||
| ii. | Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 13 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | ||
| iii. | WastingDiseases, | Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 |
| Premature Birth | 52 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 | ||
| Congenital Defects | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| Injury at Birth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 65 | ||
| iv. | Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| v. | Other Causes. | Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Syphilis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Convulsions | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | ||
| Bronchitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 22 | ||
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 6 | ||
| Other Causes | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 87 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 127 | 33 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 312 | |||
| Births in the year— Legitimate, 3,375; Illegitimate, 80. Total, 3,455. Males, 1,756 ; Females. 1.699. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,330.Legitimate Infanta 989- Deaths in the year of legitimate intants, 289, Illegitimate Infants, 23. | |||||||||||||||||||