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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

Fulham 1908

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908

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Table: TABLE XII. MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. Deaths of Illegitimate infants from stated Causes in Weeks aud Months underOne year of age.

TABLE XII. MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. Deaths of Illegitimate infants from stated Causes in Weeks aud Months underOne 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.
Certified1323220972362314..158
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious diseases
Small-Pox...................................................
Chicken-Pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhoeal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms......213311121......1...114
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis..............................11...1......3
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting diseases—
Premature Birth7.........7...2...........................9
Congenital Defects31......4.................................4
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...11...211......2...1............7
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
luberculous Peritonitis: Tabe; Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous diseases........................1.....................1
Other Causes—
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis2......13211........................7
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuber-culous)...................................................
Convulsions...............1..............................1
Bronchitis...................................................
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............12...1......112......8
Suffocation, overlying...........................1..................1
Other Causes...............1.........1..................2
1323220972362314...158