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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INFANT MORTALITY.—SUMMARY, 1920.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 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 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 | 63 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 105 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 198 | ||||||
All Causes Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Influenza | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Small-Pox | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Chicken-Pox | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | ||||||
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Phthisis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | |||||||||||||||
Convulsions | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
Diarrhoea | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Enteritis | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
Syphilis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Inattention at Birth, wilful neglect | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
Injury at Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 1 | 2 | I | - | - |
Atelectasis | 5 | 3 | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 |
Congenital Malformations | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | o | 2 | 2 |
Premature Birth | 28 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 35 | - | - | - | - | 35 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 11 | - | 2 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 4 | - | - | 31 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Other Causes | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
63 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 105 | 38 | 28 | 12 | 15 | 198 | 41 | 36 | 46 | 33 | 14 | 28 | |
Nett Births | legitimate, 3,187. | Nett Deaths in the year of | legitimate infants, 172. | |||||||||||||
in the year | illegitimate, 99. | illegitimate infants, 26 |