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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VII.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.
| 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common infectious diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Whooping cough | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | |
| Diarrhoeal diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | I | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | ||||||
| Enteritis, muco-enteritis, | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | ||
| gastro-enteritis Gastritis, gastro-intestinal | |||||||||||||||||
| catarrh | |||||||||||||||||
| Wasting diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature birth | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | i | — | 1 | — | — | — | 64 |
| Congenital defects | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
| Injury at birth | 4 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| Want of breast-milk, starvation, improper food | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Debility from birth | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 19 |
| Marasmus | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Neglect | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous diseases — | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 |
| Tuberculous peritonitis, tabes mesenterica | _ | — | — | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | |