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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table VI—continued.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—1 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other causes— | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | _ | — | _ | _ | 1 |
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 4 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Convulsions | 2 | — | — | _ | 2 | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | _ | 7 | |
| Bronchitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | _ | _ | — | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 11 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | _ | 22 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 2 |
| Other causes | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 53 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 78 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 195 |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 2,194; illegitimate, 155—Total 2,349.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 168 ; illegitimate infants, 27—Total 195.
The causes of death of the illegitimate children were: prematurity, 9; debility at birth, 2; want of attention at
birth, 2 ; diarrhoea, 1; enteritis, 2; pneumonia, 2; syphilis, 1; measles. 1, marasmus, 3; bronchitis, 2 ; tuberculosis, 2
intussusception 1.