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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1923.
| Cause of Death. | U nder 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 | 45 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 31 | 59 | 39 | 26 | 218 | |
| Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Small-pox | ||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | • • • | |||||||||||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ||||||||||
| Whooping-cough | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||
| Diphtheria and Croup | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Erysipelas | ... | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Bronchitis | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 49 | ||
| Diarrhoea | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 42 | |||||
| Gastritis | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Syphilis | ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Rickets | ||||||||||||
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| Injury at birth | 8 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| Atelectasis | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||
| Congenital Malformation | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Premature Birth | 22 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 29 | |||||
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 22 | ||||||
| Other causes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 11 | ||
| 45 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 63 | 81 | 59 | 39 | 26 | 218 | |||
legitimate, 2,916.
Nett Births in the year
illegitimate, 205.
legitimate infants, 192.
Nett Deaths in the year of
illegitimate infants, 26.