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 Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Vital Statistics. 11 TABLE VII.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes:— | ||||||||||
Certified | 97 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 133 | 42 | 34 | 24 | 26 | 259 |
Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 3 |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | 9 |
Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 3 | 2 | - | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
Enteritis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 10 | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | 10 |
Atelectasis | 14 | - | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 14 |
Congenital Malformations | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 28 |
Premature Birth | 54 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 08 | 4 | - | - | - | 72 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | 14 |
Other Causes | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 23 |
Totals .. | 97 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 133 | 42 | 34 | 24 | 26 | 259 |
Nett Births in the year : legitimate, 4,134; illegitimate, 200.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants. 240; illegitimate
infants, 19.
Table VIII. gives the comparative figures of infantile
mortality for the last ten years for the whole of the Borough
and for each of the six sub-districts.