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.—South Registration District.
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 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 79 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases | Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | . . | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 15 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Wasting Diseases | Premature Birth | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast Milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 9 | |
Tuberculous Diseases | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Bronchitis | .. | l | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Other Causes | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
17 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 79 | ||
Population—Estimated middle of 1906—36,293. Births in the year—legitimate 790, illegitimate 11. Deaths from all causes at all ages 475. |