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 Orsett]
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TABLE V.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under
One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 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 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 84 |
| Uncertified | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria: Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 31 |
| Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| WastingDiseases. | Premature Birth | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 19 |
| Congenital Defects | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Want of Breast-milk | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | |
| Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis {not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Convulsions | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Causes | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
| 19 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 86 | ||
| Births in the year | Legitimate, 641. | Deaths in the year | Legitimate, 82. | |||||||||||||||
| Illegitimate, 17. | Illegitimate, 4. | |||||||||||||||||
| Population, estimated to middle of 1906, 22,740. | Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 311. | |||||||||||||||||