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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE IV.
INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914.
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 Weeks. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Certified | 67 | 24 | 18 | 11 | 115 | 53 | 52 | 38 | 40 | 298 |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Whooping-cough | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 7 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 16 | ||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | |||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | ||
| Diarrhæa | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 34 | |||
| Gastritis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Syphilis | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 | |||
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Injury at birth | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||
| Atelectasis | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Premature Birth | 37 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 47 | |||
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 47 | |
| Other causes | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 23 | ||
| 67 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 115 | 53 | 52 | 38 | 40 | 298 | ||
Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 3,002.
illegitimate, 151.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 257.
illegitimate infants, 41.