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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

Fulham 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909

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15
Causes of Infantile Mortality.

Table: Table X. gives the causes of infantile mortality at various periods under one year, and the following gives the proportion of deaths occurring at certain age periods: —

Table X. gives the causes of infantile mortality at various periods under one year, and the following gives the proportion of deaths occurring at certain age periods: —

TABLE IX.Percentage of Total Deaths under one Year.
Age Period.
Under one week19.7
Over one and under four weeks12.0
One and under three months21.2
Three and under six months18.5
Six and under nine months16.1
Nine and under twelve months12.5

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From diarrhœal diseases there were 99 deaths, or 23.0 per
1,000 births, as against 25.5, 21.8, and 47.8 per 1,000 in the
three preceding years.
Wasting diseases show a decrease of 6, and respiratory
diseases a decrease of 2 per 1,000 births, while infectious
diseases were slightly more prevalent than in 1908.