Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE III.
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. | Certified | ||||||||||
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Whooping cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||||
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
Acute tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Other tuberculous diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Pneumonia | .. | .. | |||||||||
Other respiratory diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diarrhoea, etc. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |||||
Complications of birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Malformation | .. | 7 | .. | .. | |||||||
Premature birth | 23 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Deaths from violence | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Atrophy, debility and marasmus | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
Other diseases | .. | .. | .. | ||||||||
Totals |
Net births in the legitimate, 2,009. Net deaths in the legitimate, 147.
year of year of
illegitimate, 227. illegitimate, 28.