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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 1908

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

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Table: TABLE V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. (See page 38.) Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

TABLE V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. (See page 38.) 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.
A1l CausesCertified80272091363887412126241622191926425
Uncertified8.........3.................................8
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................112...48
Scarlet Fever..............................1...............1
Diphtheria: Croup.............................................11
Whooping-cough....................................1.........1
Diarrhceal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms......123551151162658365
Enteritis Muco-entiritis Gastro-enteritis...1......1221122...112217
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh.....................2..................114
Premature Birth54871704..............................74
Wasting Diseases.Congenital Defects96...116112.........2............22
Injury at Birth.................................1...............
Want of Breast-milk.....................1...11...1...1...5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus56531987341............1...43
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis...........................22311413
Tuberculous Peritonitis; Tabes Mesen-terica........................21...13.........7
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1...11......2......27
Erysipelas.....................1........................1
Syphilis...1...14...48112......1...117
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............12.........1...131110
Convulsions1.........243......1......1.........11
Bronchitis12...14437...1132...3129
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia11...26665...61254350
Suffocation, overlaying31...42...........................6
Other causes824...143142...23112386
83272091393837412126241622191926428

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( legitimate, 8,813. (legitimate infants, 875.
Births in the year Deaths in the year of
(illegitimate, 191. (illegitimate infants, 58.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 2,398.