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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 1915

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1915

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Table: TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths UNDER One Year.
All Causes.Certified56191669768697159364
Uncertified...............1.........1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1191425
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough..................1719
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..................1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis......1...11.........2
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............393217
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...3...4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...2...13363419
Convulsions.........1131229
Laryngitis...............1.........1
Bronchitis...1......11097532
Pneumonia (all forms)122...597181756
Diarrhoea......213565221
Enteritis.........119114429
Gastritis1.........1...31...5
Syphilis...12...33...1...7
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlaying...............1.........1
Injury at birth4.........4............4
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformation41......5322...12
Premature Birth2763...362.........38
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1344122782342
Other causes22217744527
56191669769697159365

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 2,938.
legitimate infants, 318.
Nett Deaths in the year of
illegitimate, 136.
infants, 47.