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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 1910

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

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Table: TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Mouths under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Mouths 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 CausesCertified52......711......1...1............11
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.' Small pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarhœa, all forms...................................................
Enteritis, Musco entiritis Gastro enteritis...................................................
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth41......5.................................5
Congenital Defects...................................................
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...............11...........................3
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...........................1..................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculosis Diseases...................................................
Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...1......1.................................1
Bronchitis.................................1............1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...................................................
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other causes1.........1.................................1
Totals711
Population: (Estimated to Middle of 1910)—14,940. Births in the Year—Legitimate, 266; Illegitimate, 4. Deaths in the year of—Legitimate Infanta, 11; Illegitimate Infants, 0. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—94.