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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 1907

Annual report for 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XV.—(v.) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAH 1907.

TABLE XV.—(v.) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAH 1907.

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.
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1......1...147
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............312...121111114
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms...............3223112114121
Enteritis, Muco- &Gastro-enteritis.........11...1.........2...1.........5
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh}...............2...1......1...............4
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth14544271..............................28
Congenital Defects4...1...5.................................5
Injury at Birth61......7.................................7
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation2.........2...1...........................3
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.22...263321.....................15
Tuberculous Diseases —
Tuberculous Meningitis.......................................1......1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...........................2..................2
Erysipelas......1...1.................................1
Syphilis..................111.....................4
Rickets................................................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...1......1...2......6
Convulsions...13151......1.....................7
Bronchitis...11133271...712...3130
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia2.........2111......11211...11
Suffocation, overlaying2......131......2.....................6
Other Causes......11211...........................4
All Causes321011116419141010514686128182

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Births in the year, legitimate 1,398
„ ,, illegitimate 76
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 1,118
Population, estimated to middle of 1907 74,857
Deaths in the year of legitimate Infants 173
„ „ illegitimate „ 9