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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table V, continued.—Infant Mortality, 1914. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age in Victoria Ward.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Septicaemia | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | _ | _ | 2 | |
| Other tuberculous diseases | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | 1 | — | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
| Diarrhoea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Enteritis | 2 | _ | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Syphilis | — | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Injury at birth | 3 | 1 | — | _ | 4 | _ | _ | 4 | ||
| Congenital malformations | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Premature birth | 14 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | 16 | |||
| Atrophy, marasmus and debility from birth.. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Other causes | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Totals | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 59 |
Nett Births in the year—
Legitimate 624
Illegitimate 61
Nett Deaths in the year of—
Legitimate infants 52
Illegitimate infants 7