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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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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.3-4 Weeks.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months,5-6 Months,7-8 Months.8-9 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified7414472232238
Uncertified
Common Infectious Diseases.Small - pox....................................
Chicken-Pox....................................
Measles....................................
Scarlet Fever....................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)....................................
Whooping Cough....................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms...............2...1.........3
Enteritis, Muco- euterities....................................
Gastro-enteritis....................................
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh....................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth311...1..................6
Congenial Defects31.........1...............5
Injury at Birth....................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation....................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus............11......21...5
Tuberculous Disease.Tuberculus Menin- gitis............1...1.........13
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Meg- entarica.....................1......12
Other Tuberculous.................................
Other Causes.Erysipelas.........1.....................1
Syphilis....................................
Rickets....................................
Meningitis (not Tuereulous)....................................
Convulsions....................................
Bronchitis.........111...............3
Laryngitis....................................
Pneumonia...............2......11...4
Suffocation, overlying....................................
Other Causes12...2......1............6
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