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.
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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
88
6
9
10
113
53
40
28
27
261
Uncertified
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Small-pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Chicken-pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4
3
7
Scarlet Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
-
-
-
-
-
3
1
1
2
7
Diphtheria and Croup
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
Erysipelas
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
Tuberculous Meningitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
1
1
4
Abdominal Tuberculosis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Other Tuberculous Diseases
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
1
2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
3
Convulsions
4
-
1
-
5
-
-
-
-
5
Laryngitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Bronchitis
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
2
3
Pneumonia (all forms)
1
-
-
3
4
7
3
5
4
23
Diarrhoea
-
-
-
-
-
10
13
6
5
34
Enteritis
1
-
-
-
1
8
10
5
2
26
Gastritis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Syphilis
1
-
1
1
3
-
1
-
-
4
Rickets
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Suffocation, overlying
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Injury at Birth
6
-
-
-
(j
2
1
-
-
9
Atelectasis
19
-
-
-
19
-
-
-
-
19
Congenital Malformations
8
3
1
-
12
5
2
2
1
22
Premature Birth
42
2
5
4
53
5
1
-
-
59
Atrophy, Debility and
Marasmus
2
1
1
2
6
8
-
-
-
14
Other Causes
4
-
-
-
4
3
5
3
3
18
Totals
88
6
9
10
113
53
40
28
27
261
Nett Births in the year : legitimate, 3,998; illegitimate, 199.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants. 241; illegitimate
infants, 20.
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.