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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 1910

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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Table: TABLE VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.

TABLE VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1910.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.Deaths under One year belonging to Localities.Deaths under One year in previous years.
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.8—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.Baron's Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1909.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1908.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1907.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1906.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1905.
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Uncertified..............................................................................1121
Common Infectious diseases
Small-pox..........................................................................................
Chicken-pox...........................................................................1............
Measles......1...1............12113611622424...2...1419101025
Scarlet Fever.................................................................................11...
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...........................1..................1.................1...3334...
Whooping Cough.........1131232514...1...27133134...3...2114411136
Diarrhœal diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms...............9157572612146475118...101829769192165
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis................4...41...3......12...152413......231518212416
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........11322............1.........9...2......5...112581210
Wasting diseases—
Premature Birth5299878611........................86319124273144761011009497
Congenital Defects163120312...1......1.........28146421913040323919
Injury at Birth11.........11.................................113111212...888114
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................2...........................2...11...............52231
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus82331676333232...1...46248614...12...4445574769
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..................11...1...21.........6...3.........1114841018
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica........................2..................2........11.........26331
Other Tuberculous diseases..................1......1...11...2171......22...111011171213
Other Causes—
Cerebro-Spinal Fever..............................1...1.........2............1...11...........
Erysipelas..............................................................................1...11
Syphilis......1...122...1...22......1113...32...6...1123168918
Rickets.................................1.........121...1...............5232...
Meningitis (not Tuber culous)1.........1.........2...2......1...17............41113871010
Convulsions11......2...............11...2119...2...13...21101072025
Bronchitis1322887...11311.........3015256...11...2421501947
Laryngitis...........................................................................1........2
Pneumonia113386456185114621699252915374675259
Suffocation, overlying131...53213.....................14111241221114151813
Other Causes7......182...11116......1...2121465...121822324543
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Births in the year—Legitimate, 4,147 ; Illegitimate, *163.
Deaths in the year of—Legitimate infants, 414; Illegitimate infants, 48.
Population—158,307 (estimated to middle of 1910).
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—1,908..
*Not including those occurring outside the Borough, which are included with the Legitimate Births