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 1914.
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 | 168 | 50 | 36 | 33 | 287 | 184 | 183 | 149 | 151 | 954 |
Uncertified | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 42 |
Diphtheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Bronchitis | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 87 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 18 | 29 | 31 | 40 | 122 |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 61 |
Enteritis | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 116 |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | ... | 12 |
Syphilis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 9 |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | ... | 18 |
Injury at Birth | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 |
Atelectasis | 13 | 2 | ... | ... | 15 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 16 |
Congenital Malformation | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 44 |
Premature Birth | 76 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 109 | 15 | 1 | 1 | ... | 126 |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 58 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 96 | 42 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 176 |
Other Causes | 2 | 4 | 3 | ... | 9 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 42 |
Totals | 171 | 50 | 36 | 33 | 290 | 184 | 183 | 149 | 151 | 957 |