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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

Chelsea 1905

Annual report for 1905 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XV.—(v.)INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.

TABLE XV.—(v.)

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.

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. 17-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever.......................................1......1
Diphtheria: Croup.....................1........................1
Whooping Cough.........111.........122112...11
Diarrhoeal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms...............522242213326
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...11...2......2...11......1......7
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........11.........1.....................2
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth2443132.................................32
Congenital Defects3...2...52..............................7
Injury at Birth6.........6.................................6
Want of Breast-milk4.........42...1........................7
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus22116321............1.........13
Tuberculous Diseases —
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................11...1..................3
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis1...1...22111.....................7
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).................................1...1...13
Convulsions221...5211...2...1............12
Bronchitis......2...2123223...211221
Laryngitis...............2.........1..................3
Pneumonia...1......11......11122......211
Suffocation, overlaying1...1...2.................................2
Other Causes......1...12...22.........11......9
All Causes43101347023915913988965184

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Births in the year 1,585
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 1,106
Population, estimated to
middle of 1905 74,496