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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wealdstone 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913.
| Cause of Death | Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age | Total Deaths under One Year | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 Week | 1-2 Weeks | 2-3 Weeks | 8-4 Weeks | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months | 3-6 Months | 6-9 Months | 9-12 Months | |||
| All Causes | Certified | 23 | |||||||||
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Small pox | |||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||
| Tuberculous | |||||||||||
| Meningitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Other Tuberculous | |||||||||||
| Diseases | |||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | |||||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia all forms | |||||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | |||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||||
| Atelectasis | |||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Premature Birth | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus} | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 23 | ||||
Nett Births in the year: legitimate 326; illegitimate 4.
Nett Deaths in the year: legitimate 21; illegitimate 2.