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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

Romford 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table: TABLE V.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1906.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1906.

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.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months. 5-6 Months. 6-7 Months.7-8 Months8-9 Months.9-10 Months10-11 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified622549636123352
Uncertified............1....................................1
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox........................................................
Chicken-pox........................................................
Measles........................................................
Scarlet Fever........................................................
Diphtheria: Croup.................................1................1
Whooping Cough........1........................................1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms Enteritis (not Tuberculous)....1........12....12....11....9
....................33........1............7
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh................1........................1....5
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth.511........................................7
Congenital Defects........................................................
Injury at Birth........................................................
Want of Breast-milk Starvation........................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus................1........1................13
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis........................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mes enterica............1....31........................5
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................................................
Other Causes.Erysipelas........................................................
Svphilis................1................................1
Rickets........................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................................................
Convulsions1........1........................................
Bronchitis............1........11....................3
Laryngitis........................................................
Pneumonia............1............12....1128
Suffocation, overlaying........................................................
Other Causes............1....11....1................4
Total622549646123353