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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
City of Westminster 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table X.— Infantile Mortality during the year 1905.
Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1—2 Months. | 2—3 Months. | 3—4 Months. | 4—5 Months. | 5—6 Months. | 6—7 Monthp. | 7—8 Months. | 8—9 Months. | 9—10 Months. | 10—11 Months. | 11—12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified by medical man or coroner | 66 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 131 | 31 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 329 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Common infectious diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria, croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Whooping cough | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 23 |
| Diarrhoeal diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| Enteritis (not tuberculous) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 16 |
| Gastritis, gastro-intestmal catarrh | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 14 |
| Wasting diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 28 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 |
| Congenital defects | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
| Injury at birth | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Want of breast-milk | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atrophy, debility, marasmus | 15 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | _ | _ | 43 |