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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
Leyton 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table No. V.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908.
Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under I
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
Certified
55
23
20
18
116
21
13
17
16
6
8
9
10
8
11
7
242
Uncertified
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Chicken-pox
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Measles
—
—
—
—
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
2
3
Scarlet Fever
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Whooping Cough
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
4
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms
1
—
1
1
3
—
—
3
2
-
1
-
1
1
4
1
16
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,
Gastro-enteritis
-
-
3
1
4
3
-
2
4
1
-
-
1
1
2
-
18
Gastritis. Gastro-intestinal
Catarrh
—
—
-
1
1
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
—
3