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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 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

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Table: TABLE V.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE TEAR, 1909.De aths from stated C auses in W eeks and M onths under O ne Y ear of Age .

TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE TEAR, 1909.

De aths from stated C auses in W eeks and M onths under O ne Y ear 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 Months5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified1044142111112134
Uncertified11
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox........................................................
Chicken-pox........................................................
Measles........................................................
Scarlet Fever................................1................1
Diphtheria: Croup........................................................
Whooping Cough............................1........................
Diarrhœa, all forms....................................................1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis, Muco- enteritis Gastro-enteritis....1............................................1
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh........1........................................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth8....2........................................10
Congenital Defects1................1............................2
Injury at Birth........................................................
Want of Breast-milk Starvation........................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11............................................2
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Men ingitis....................................1............1
Tuberculous Peritonitis; Tabes Mes enterica................1................................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................................................3
Other Causes.Erysipelas........................................................
Syphilis........................................................
Rickets........................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............................................1....1
Convulsions................3........................2....5
Bronchitis............1....................................1
Laryngitis........................................................
Pneumonia........1....................................12
Suffocation, overlaying1....................................................
Other Causes....2................1........1............5
1144142111212135

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Population estimated to middle of 1909, 16,600.
Births in the year, legitimate, 401; illegitimate, 17.
Deaths in the year, legitimate. 34; illegitimate, 4.
Death from all causes at all ages, 186.