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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 1913

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

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Table: TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913. Nett 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 Weeks1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certifed8115141412450786658871
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox.....................• • •...• • •
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................51217
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough.........111...3611
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...••..................11
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1118
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............21817
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............12115
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2114
Convulsions11......2122810
Laryngitis.....................1...1
Bronchitis...1118744826
Pneumonia (all forms)18...15710191253
Diarrhœa.......... . .• • •2147225
Enteritis1...81511318587
Gastritis...1...1281......6
Syphilis...• • •...11471...18
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlaying...............6.........6
Injury at birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis41......5............5
Congenital Malformation721111211...15
Premature Birth453115032......55
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus128822597l845
Other causes8......412163224
8115141412450736658371

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legitimate, 3,172.
Nett'Births in the year
illegitimate, 168.
legitimate infants, 315.
Nett Deaths in the year of
illegitimate infants, 56.