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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 1924

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924

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TABLE IV.

Table: INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1924. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1924. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

Cacse of Death.1 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.Certified4812677835324138219
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox........................11
Measles...............1...7917
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough...............2158
Diphtheria and Croup...............1.........1
Erysipelas...............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis.......... .................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11......1...2
Convulsions1.........1...1...2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........11231310
Pneumonia (all forms).........12138221459
Diarrhœa..................21...3
Enteritis...1...13323415
Gastritis1. .......1............1
Syphilis...............1.........1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlaying...1......111......3
Injury at birth4.........4............4
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformation.........13543...15
Premature Birth274......3111......33
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus94221771......25
Other causes22......4...8...315
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Nett Births in the year.
legitimate, 2,723.
illegitimate, 185.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 201.
illegitimate infants, 18.