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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 1918

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

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Table: TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages, under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918. 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.Certified5311867842423725224
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping-cough............112329
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..................11...2
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............12227
Convulsions............1.........12
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis1.........3766123
Pneumonia (all forms)...............7718739
Diarrhoea...1......111115
Enteritis13......46134431
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...............41......5
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlaying..............................
Injury at birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis1.........11.........2
Congenital Malformation2.........221......6
Premature Birth203312711......29
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus2032429731141
Other causes61......744...419
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