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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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Table: TABLE XII. MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. Deaths of Illegitimate infants from stated Causes in Weeks and Months underOne year of age.

TABLE XII. MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. Deaths of Illegitimate infants from stated Causes in Weeks and Months underOne 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 Mouths.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
Common Infectious diseases
Small-Pox...................................................
Chicken-Pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough..........................................1...1
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms...............173213............118
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis.................................1............1
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................1.........1...............2
Wasting diseases—
Premature Birth2...2...4...1...........................5
Congenital Defects2......1321...........................6
Injury at Birth4.........4.................................4
Want of Breast-milk. Starvation...........................1..................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2...1...322...1...............1...9
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous diseases...............2..............................2
Other Causes—
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis1......121............1...............4
Rickets...........................11...............2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions........................1...1...............2
Bronchitis...................................................
Laryngitis................................................
Pneumonia..................2131..................7
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes...1......1..................11.........3
1113217814474721...2167