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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

Hendon 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon RDC]

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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 or Death.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months5-6 Months6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes.Certified...................................................
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken pox...................................................
Measles..........................................1...1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms...................................................
Enterit's, Muco enteritis, Gastro enteritis..............................1...1.........2
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth4.........4.................................4
Congenital Defects1.........11..............................2
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk,...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2...1...3.........1.....................4
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................1.....................1
Convulsions..................1...........................1
Bronchitis...............1..............................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia........................1...............1...2
Suffocation, overlying1.........1.................................1
Other Causes........................1.....................1
Totals8...1...921...4...1...1...2...20
Population (Estimated to Middle of 1908)—12,924. Births in the Year—Legitimate, 248; Illegitimate, 3. Deaths in the Year of—Legitimate Infants, 18: Illegitimate Infanta, 2 Deaths from all Causes at All Ages—110.