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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

London County Council 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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Table: Comparison may be made between the number of deaths from the several causes in the above table with those of the four antecedent years by reference to the following table:—

Comparison may be made between the number of deaths from the several causes in the above table with those of the four antecedent years by reference to the following table:—

Cause of death.1905. 52 weeks.1906. 52 weeks.1907. 52 weeks.1908. 53 weeks.1909. 52 weeks.
Small-pox-____
Chicken-pox335310
Measles389420400333503
Scarlet Fever3418352420
Diphtheria and Croup5259536760
Whooping-cough623502746469524
Diarrhoea3,4234,4681,7902,7091,849
Enteritis (not tuberculous)
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh
Premature Birth2,4232,2082,2992,1972,122
Congenital Defects547613645705667
Injury at Birth99113117110113
Want of Breast-milk2,2812,1301,9221,8431,825
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
Tuberculous Meningitis273241239259203
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica192225153168145
Other Tuberculous Diseases284246264255188
Erysipelas6450523548
Syphilis271233226229216
Rickets7967585145
Meningitis (not tuberculous)300302210246170
Convulsions803660603520495
Bronchitis1,2761,0431,284982960
Laryngitis2523151815
Pneumonia1,4901,3351,6291,4311,334
Suffocation, overlaying462417421417322
Other causes1,0041,009979885852
Total16,39716,38514,14513,95612,686
Number of births125,989124,880121,408122,898116,559