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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

Kensington 1905

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905

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Table: TABLE V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

TABLE V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One 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 DeathsunderOne Year.
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox................................................-
Chicken-pox................................................-
Measles.....................1...122223113
Scarlet Fever.....................1........................1
Diphtheria: Croup................................................-
Whooping-cough..................32......15423424
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms...............77695710246265
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...1113......51...21......1215
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................1...1...11............4
Gastro-enteritis*...1...121...11.........1......6
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth4757564431.....................72
Atelectasis101...11..............................11
Congenital Defects411...72......21...............12
Injury at Birth1.........1..............................1
Want of Breast-milk Atrophy, Debility,............111.....................S
Marasmus95542312105...351.........160
Indigestion......11...111.....................4
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis.... . ..........3......11......11...7
Tuberculous Peritonitis. Tabes Mesenterica...............2...22..................17
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........11...1111...11...2...9
Erysipelas...1......1...1...........................2
Syphilis...1...2423...21...1......1...18
Rickets...........................2..................2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) ....................2.........1......12...6
Convulsions522...92...1......21......1...16
Bronchitis......3256234413228343
Laryngitis................................................-
Pneumonia...13154...522389421357
Other Lung Diseases.........111...11.....................4
Suffocation, overlaying...1......1. . ....2........................3
Violent Deaths, other7...2...91......11...1............13
Dentition................ . ..........2......111...5
Other causes12...142...82......1...21...15
842225211524738463024263621193227498

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* The diseases printed in italics are not named in the official table, but are grouped therein under the heading "other causes."