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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 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: TABLE V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907. (See page 55.) Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

TABLE V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907. (See page 55.) 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 Deaths under One Year.
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox..................................... . ........... . .....................................
Chicken-pox.....................................................................................................
Measles.........................................................111115
Scarlet Fever..........................................................................................................
Diphtheria: Croup.................................................................21.....8
Whooping-cough.........................422.....154884684
Diarrhceal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms.........................41824.....22.....2121
Enteritis Muco-ent ritis Gastro-enteritis.....1..........1131211..........11113
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........................1.....1.....1..............................3
Premature Birth52748661..................................................67
Wasting Diseases.Congenital Defects43121011.............................................12
Injury at Birth1...............1.............................................................1
Want of Breast-milk..............................812.....1............................7
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus18522278681181.....1..........51
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis.........................11..........212111.....10
Tuberculous Peritoni tis; Tabes Mesen-terica.........................1.....11..........11...............5
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................11.....1....................14
Erysipelas...............11.......................................................1
Syphilis.....1..........13122....................1..........10
Rickets........................................1....................1..........2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........1.....1.....11...............11...............5
Convulsions51221041....................1..........2.....18
Bronchitis1224971012655.....1.....849
Laryngitis.............................................2..............................2
Pneumonia111149451248782953
Suffocation, overlaying1........2141.....811..............................10
Other causes10884209288141111147
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