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 West Ham]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD—TABLE IV.
Infantile Mortality during the year 1913.
Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1 to 2 Weeks. | 2 to 3 Weeks. | 3 to 4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1 to 3 Months. | 3 to 6 Months. | 6 to 9 Months. | 9 to 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes- | ||||||||||
Certified | 193 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 306 | 194 | 204 | 162 | 118 | 984 |
Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Small pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Convulsions | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 |
Bronchitis | ... | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 80 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 103 |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 18 | 44 | 32 | 19 | 115 |
Enteritis | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 51 | 45 | 22 | 155 |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Syphilis | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Suffocation (overlaying) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 10 | |
Injury at Birth | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 |
Atelectasis | 12 | 1 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13 |
Congenital Malformation | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 10 | 1 | 1 | ... | 36 |
Premature Birth | 86 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 110 | 14 | 2 | ... | ... | 126 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 59 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 102 | 40 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 182 |
Other Causes | 6 | ... | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 44 |
Totals | 193 | 44 | 38 | 31 | 306 | 194 | 204 | 162 | 118 | 984 |