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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
City of Westminster 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VII,
| 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 One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Diarrhoea, all forms | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| Enteritis, muco-enteritis, gastro-enteritis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 10 |
| Premature birth | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Congenital defects | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 |
| Injury at birth | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Debility from birth | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Atrophy, debility, marasmus | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Tuberculous meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Tuberculous peritonitis, tabes mesenterica.. | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bronchitis | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Other causes | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | - | 1 |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 57 |
Population, estimated to middle of 1910, 39,300.
Births in the year—Legitimate, 666; illegitimate, 87.
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 49; illegitimate infants, 8.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 546.