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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Whole Borough.
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 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1 to 2 months.. | 2 to 3 months. | 3 to 4 months. | 4 to 5 months. | 5 to 6 months. | 6 to 7 months. | 7 to 8 months. | 8 to 9 months. | 9 to 10 months | 10 to 11 months, | 11 to 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
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All Causes. | Certified | 71 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 141 | 56 | 32 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 472 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases. | Small Pox | |||||||||||||||||
Chicken Pox | ||||||||||||||||||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | .. | 12 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | .. | 4 | 2 | 26 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 9 | .. | 7 | 4 | 119 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .... | 5 | |
Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 46 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 65 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 69 |
Congenital Defects | 8 | 2 | 1 | .. | 11 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 16 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 44 | |
Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 2 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 8 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Convulsions | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 23 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | 44 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 29 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |
Other Causes | 6 | 3 | .. | 2 | 11 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 | |
71 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 141 | 56 | 32 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 472 |
Population—Estimated middle of 190G, 115,495. Births in the year—legitimate 3204, illegitimate 5G. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1854.
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