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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

Chislehurst 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Table: Table 4. —C hislehurst U rban D istrict.INFANT MORTALITY. 1915. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Table 4. —C hislehurst U rban D istrict.

INFANT MORTALITY. 1915. Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under 1 Month1-3 Months3-6 Months6-9 Months9-12 MonthsTotal Deaths uuder One Year
All CausesCertified4127331317
Uncertified11
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough........................12
Diphtheria and Croup...............1.........1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis .................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...............1.........2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia all forms)..................1...12
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth......1...61.........7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus......1...1............2
Other Causes.....................1...1
412...7341318

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Nett Births in the Year—Legitimate, 159; Illegitimate, 8; Nett Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infan'.s, 18; Illegitimate Infants, 0.