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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table II.. Infantile Mortality during the year1906.Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Table II.. Infantile Mortality during the year1906.

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 Months.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 coroner662418231313133161111221614101321329
Uncertified-----------------
Common infectious diseases.
Small.pox-----------------
Chicken.pox-----------------
Measles------1------1-24
Scarlet fever-----------------
Diphtheria, croup-----------------
Whooping cough---------12--2128
Diarrhœal diseases.
Diarrhoea, all forms---1141156233221242
Enteritis, Muco.enteritis,
ga.stro.enteritis1121554422--311128
Gastritis, gastro.intestinal catarrh---112---11--1--6
Wasting diseases.
Premature birth367735311---------55
Congenital defects441-9212--------14
Injury at birth21--3-----------3
Want of breast.milk------11---1----3
Atrophy, debility, marasmus9553228733------144