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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
Barnes 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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TABLE V.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | 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 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 74 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Common Infectious Diseases | Smalt-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria : Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wasting Diseases. | 'Premature Birth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Congenital Defects | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Injury at Birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Want of Breast Milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | |