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Hammersmith 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1909
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN.— TABLE V.
Infant Mortality during the year 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.
| 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 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 58 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 113 | 33 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 361 | |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| i. Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 20 | ||
| ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhœa, all forms | _ | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | _ | 1 | 3 | — | 34 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 9 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 30 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 47 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51 |
| Congenital Defects | 5 | — | 2 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 12 | |
| Injury at Birth | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
| Want of Breast-Milk, Starvation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 42 | |
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 6 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 5 | |
| v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | ||
| Convulsions | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 24 | |
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 25 | |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 53 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | |
| Other causes | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 20 | |
| 58 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 113 | 33 | 32 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 361 | ||
| Population (estimated to middle of 1909), 125,704. | Births in the Year: Legitimate, 2,795; Illegitimate, 92. | |||||||||||||||||
| Deaths in the Year of: Legitimate Infants, 330; Illegitimate Infants, 31. | Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,775. | |||||||||||||||||