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 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 | |||||||||
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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.