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 Sutton]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. 1 | 1-2 Weeks. | 1 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1 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 One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 7 | .. | |||||||||||||||
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Common Infectious Diseases — | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 17 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 7 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Want of Breast-milk Starvation | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Convulsions | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Other Causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 45 |
Births in the year-
Legitimate 417.
Illegitimate 10.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 172.
Deaths in the year—
Legitimate Infants 43.
Illegitimate Infants 2.
Population—Estimated to middle of 1906, 17,200.