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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 1935

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

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Table: TABLE IV. Infant Mortality during the Year 1935. Net Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV. Infant Mortality during the Year 1935. Net 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.Certified414535332452311164
Uncertified5.........5212111
Measles..............................
Whooping-cough.....................1...1
Diphtheria................1......2
Influenza...................... . .. . ....
Encephalitis lethargica..............................
Cerebro spinal meningitis................... . .. . .1
Acute tuberculosis................1.........1
Other tuberculous diseases..............................
Bronchitis............1232...8
Pneumonia...1......2284420
Other respiratory diseases..............................
Diarrhoea, etc.............2142410555
Complications of birth171......18............18
Malformation61......732......12
Premature birth192......215.........26
Deaths from violence4.........411......6
Atrophy, debility and marasmus............1511...8
Digestive diseases1.........1...31...5
Other diseases.........11252212
Totals475335836492111175

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Net births in the
year of
legitimate, 1,991.
illegitimate, 235.
Net deaths in the
year of
legitimate infants, 147.
illegitimate infants, 28.