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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

Surbiton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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Table: TABLE V. Surbiton Urban District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in AVeeks and Months under One. Year of Age.

TABLE V. Surbiton Urban District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in AVeeks and Months under One. 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 Months.11-12 Months.Total deaths under One Year.
All Causes: Certified Uncertified612615323111127
Common Infectious Diseases: Small-pox
Chicken-pox
Measles
Scarlet fever
Diphtheria: Croup
Whooping Cough
Diarrhœal Diseases: Diarrhoea, all forms......112...............1...............3
Enteritis, Muco-en-teritis, Gastro-en-teritis
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh......................1........................1
Wasting Diseases: Premature Birth51129.................................9
Congenital Defects.........11.................................1
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.........113..............................4
Tuberculous Diseases: Tuberculous Meningitis
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica....................................11......2
Other Tuberculous Diseases
Erysipelas
Syphilis
Rickets
Meningitis(no Tuberculous) Convulsions.........11...21........................4
Bronchitis
Laryngitis
Pneumonia........................1.....................1
Suffocation(overlying)
Other Causes.....................1........................1
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District (or sub-division) of Surbiton.
Births in the year
Legitimate, 375.
Illegitimate, 11.
Population, estimated to middle of 1908, 18747.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages. 189.
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants, 24.
Illegitimate Infants, 3.