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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

Erith 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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Table: TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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 1 year.
All Causes.Certified11I521978542431I660
Uncertified
Common Infectious DiseasesChicken-poxI1
Measles1j
Whooping Cough1135
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoeal, all forms12I1
Enteritis, Muco-en4
teritis, Gastro-enteritis1
Gastritis, Gastro2
intestinal Catarrh112
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth82I11112
Congenital Defects1112
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus22I5213I1114
Tuber- culous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis1
Tuberculous Peritonitis1I
Tabes Mesenterica1
Other Tuberculous1
Diseases11
Convulsions112114
Bronchitis.121III7
LaryngitisI1
Pneumonia11
Other Causes11
Total11I529785424311660

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Population estimated to middle of 1908 8986
Births in the year 736
Illegitimate
Deaths in the year legitimate Infants 56
Illegitimate Infants
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages