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Kensington 1937

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

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TABLE III.Infant Mortality during the Year 1937.Net Deaths from stated Causes, at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause or Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1-3 months.3-6 months.ft-9 months.0-12 months. -Total deaths under one year.
Allcauses.Certified ..409145435442312168
Uncertified3......324....9
Measles....................
Whooping-cough......... .21..14
Chicken pox..............1..1
Influenza..............112
Meningitis............1....1
Acute tuberculosis............1..12
Other tuberculous diseases..........1....12
Bronchitis..........232..7
Pneumonia12..148139539
Other respiratory diseases..... ...............
Diarrhoea, etc...1....112195239
Complications of birth8......8........8
Malformation82..1111....'..12
Premature birth ...243..22952....36
Deaths from violence1......1........1
Atrophy, debility and marasmus..........332..8
Other diseases111..3353115
Totals439145737482312177

Net births in the legitimate, 1,893
year of
illegitimate, 232
Net deaths in the legitimate, 135
year of
illegitimate, 42.