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Hammersmith 1908

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

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD RETURN—TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH 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.Certified...................................................
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Smallpox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles....................................111...3
Scarlet Fever..............................1...............1
Diphtheria: Croup....................................1...1...1
Whooping Cough...............11...1...131.........10
Dianhœa. all forms.........1189107954121360
Diarrheal Diseases.Enteiitis.Muco-enteritis.} Gastro-enteritis}...............2631...14...42...23
Gastritis. Castro- } intestinal Catarrh}..................1...1.....................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth4182...512..............................53
Congenital Defects32......5211...1..................10
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk-} Starvation }...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, } Marasmus}11294265734...3...............48
Tuberculous Diseases.T uberculous Meningnitis.....................11...3.........218
Tuberculous Peritonitis: }..............................1......1...13
Tabes Mesenterica} Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................21...1......1......6
Other causesErysipelas...................................................
Syphilis......1...1...231.....................8
Rickets.......................................1......3
Meningitis (no/ Tuberculous)............1......13............2......30
C onvulsions661...1631122......11...115
Bronchitis1.........1322...2...............12
Laryngitis.....................13...74241658
Pneumonia111...595517..................10
Suffocation, overlying2...2...51211......12.........28
Other Causes117231021......1.....................
772481413338383427242318918813383

Population (estimated to middle of 1908). 124012 Births in the Year: Legitimate, 3023: Illegitimate, 79
Deaths in the Year of: Legitimate Infants, 339 : Illegitimate Infants, 44. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,757.