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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

Hammersmith 1905

Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906

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Table: TABLE I.Infantile Mortality during the year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of AtfeBOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH

TABLE I.Infantile Mortality during the year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of AtfeBOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH

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 1 Year.
All Causes.Certified622020191215740282421142221222618414
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Disease.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............11......1......116314
Scarlet Fever .........................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...............1..................1.........2
Diarrhceal Diseases1 Whooping Cough...............15...421...2121423
r Diarrhoea, all forms...1......29766766734467
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..................1...........................1
Gastritis, Gastro-1 intestinal Catarrh j......1122.........1..................5
Wasting Diseases.'Premature Birth......37510658421........................65
Congenial Defects22......41..............................5
Injury at Birth ......4......151..............................6
Want of Breast Milk ......................................................
Tuberculous DiseasesAtrophy, Debility, ) 1 Marasmus j74341815613.........111...46
.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1............2...1......4
Tuberculous Peritonitis: ) Tabes Mesenterica J...............1.........2...1...1218
Other Tuberculous ) Diseases j..................1...1...1............14
Erysipelas ....................................11............2
Syphilis ...............1...1...221......12.........9
Rickets ............................................................
Meningitis ) (not Tuberculous) ]...1......1......2...12...11...8
Convulsions ......551...115312.........12......26
Bronchitis............12253442233123133
Laryngitis........................1..............................1
Pneumonia .........1...345342515644346
Suffocation (overlaying)1.........13...311...............110
Other Causes ......6...12944...4............44...29
622020_£2..,1215740282421142221222618414

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Population (estimated to middle of 1905), 119,037.
Births in the Year: Legitimate, 3,037; Illegitimate, 73. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,643.