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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 1911

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

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Table: TABLE IV. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1911. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1911. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

Cause or Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Yeas.
All Causes.Certified7822111512666936981435
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox...........................
Measles.....................71421
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup...............1......12
Whooping-cough..................910625
Diarrhœa...••...221133171881
Enteritis...2......212109942
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1146
Abdominal Tuberculosis.........11...2115
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2114
Congenital Malformation4...2171...1110
Premature Birth31431392.........11
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1310222713111153
Atelectasis13.........131.........14
Injury at birth10.........10............10
Erysipelas.........11...1......2
Syphilis12...252.........7
Rickets..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1...1
Convulsions...2215113212
Gastritis...1......12...2...5
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......1...11164729
Pneumonia (all forms)2......244771234
Suffocation, overlaying1.........13.........4
Other causes311272104427
7822111512666936981435

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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 3,051.
illegitimate, 172.
Net Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 383.
illegitimate infants, 52.