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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wealdstone]
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TABLE IV.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914.
| 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 | 3-4 Weeks | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months | 3-6 Months | 6-9 Months | 9-12 Months | |||
| All Causes | Certified | 28 | |||||||||
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | |||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||
| Tubercular Meningitis | |||||||||||
| Other Tubercular Diseases | |||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tubercular) | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Pneumonia,allforms | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Gastritis | |||||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||
| Suffocation,over-Iying | |||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||||
| Atelectasis | |||||||||||
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| Premature Birth | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Other Causes | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 28 | ||
Nett Births in the year: legitimate 336; illegitimate 4.
Nett Deaths in the year: legitimate 26; illegitimate 2.