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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

Acton 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Table: TABLE 4.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1911.Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of age.

TABLE 4.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1911.

Deaths from stated causes in Week and Months under One Year of age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 weekl1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 moathS.6-9 months.9-12 monthsTotal Deaths under One Year.
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox...........................
Measles.....................21012
Scarlet Fever..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Whooping Cough..................3126
Diarrhoea.........1...720171055
Enteritis.........22253113
Tuberculous Meningits.....................1...1
Abdominal T uberculosis...............11......2
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............11114
Congenital Malformations21......311......5
Premature Birth22353334.........37
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus42...28751223
Atelectasis..............................
Injury at birth3.........3............3
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................11...2
Convulsions...1......1...11...3
Gastritis..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1......1153212
Pneumonia (all forms)............1214614
Suffocation, overlying1.........1111...4
Other causes.........1113319
3285105525483935205

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Nett Births
in the year
legitimate, 1486
illegitimate, 43
Nett Deaths in
the year of
legitimate infants, 777
illegitimate infants, 23