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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.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1912. St. John and St. Margaret Wards. 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Whooping cough | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 4 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | –_ | –_ | –_ | 3 |
| Enteritis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | _ | –_ | _– | 8 |
| Premature birth | 9 | 2 | — | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 |
| Congenital defects | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Injury at birth | — | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Debility at Birth | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | - | 2 |
| Atrophy, debility, marasmus | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Tuberculous meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| Abdominal tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other tuberculous diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | –_ | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 |
| Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | 4 |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | – | –_ | — | — | –_ | –_ | –_ | –_ | 1 | –_ | _ | 2 |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Pneumonia, all forms | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | _– | 1 | _– | 9 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other causes. | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | – | — | 8 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | i | 74 |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 762; illegitimate, 64. Total 826.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 63 ; illegitimate infants, 11.