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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
Kensington 1905
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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TABLE VA. INFANTILE MORTALITY.
| Cause of Death. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | Decemher. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | - |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | - |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Diphtheria | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | - | |
| Whooping-cough | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 24 |
| Diarrhoea | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 32 | 12 | 3 | ... | 1 | 65 |
| Enteritis | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 15 |
| Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 |
| 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |
| Premature Birth | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 72 |
| 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 11 | |
| Congenital defects | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 12 |
| Injury at birth | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Want of breast milk | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 60 |
| ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 7 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Rickets | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | - . . | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Meningitis | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 6 |
| Convulsions | 1 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 43 | |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | - |
| Pneumonia | 10 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 57 | |
| 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 3 |
| 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 13 | |
| 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | |
| Other causes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| 46 | 37 | 59 | 34 | 41 | 30 | 37 | 77 | 36 | 31 | 35 | 35 | 498 |
* The diseases printed in italics are not named in the official table, but are grouped under the heading " other causes."