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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 1925

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925

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Table: TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1925. New Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1925. New 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 DeathsunderOne Year.
All Causes.Certified627737934492514201
Uncertified7......18551322
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................1214
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough..................61310
Diphtheria and Croup..................1......1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................11...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11......113
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis..................2......2
Convulsions1.........11...1...3
Laryngitis..............................
Influenza...............1.........1
Bronchitis...............251210
Pneumonia (all forms)131...591415952
Diarrhœa.....................1...1
Enteritis.........1*1893...21
Gastritis........................11
Syphilis..................1......1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1.........11.........2
Injury at birth4.........4............4
Atelectasis5.........5............5
Congenital Malformation...11...233......8
Premature Birth36...1...37............37
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1514...20971...37
Other causes62...21044......18
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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 2,648.
illegitimate, 198.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 181.
illegitimate infants, 42.