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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 1917

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

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Table: TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1917. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1917. 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 .Certified751010810347614256309
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................11617
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough..................1135
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...2......2112...6
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............15118
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............14229
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2114
Convulsions...............1.........1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......112763220
Pneumonia (all forms)...1......127132346
Diarrhœa......1...13...6319
Enteritis21216948229
Gastritis11...13...1......4
Syphilis...............45......9
Rickets.....................1...1
Suffocation, overlaying1......12...1......3
Injury at birth5.........5............5
Atelectasis6.........6............6
Congenital Malformation72......92.........11
Premature Birth43...4...4721......50
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus10323181114......43
Other causes.........11333313
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Nett Births in the year
legitimate, 2,231.
illegitimate, 147.
Nett Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 249.
illegitimate infants, 60.