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 Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.—TABLE V.
Table H.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907. Deaths
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Unde r 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 One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 187 | 58 | 51 | 34 | 330 | 105 | 84 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 68 | 45 | 51 | 45 | 996 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 27 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria (including Membra-nous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 53 | ||
| Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | |||
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastroenteritis | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 9 | |
| Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 107 | 21 | l6 | 5 | 140 | 12 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 164 |
| Congenital Defects | 27 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 47 | |
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 26 | '7 | 13 | 8 | 64 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 137 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 23 | ||
| Other causes. | Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | |
| Convulsions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | ||
| Bronchitis | .. | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 83 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 153 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 23 | |
| Other Causes | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 74 | |
| Totals | 187 | 58 | 51 | 34 | 330 | 105 | 84 | 63 | 58 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 68 | 45 | 51 | 45 | 996 | |
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