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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 RDC]

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Table: TABLE V.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1906.De ath from stated C auses in Weeks and M onths under O ne Y ear of A ge.

TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1906.

De ath from stated C auses in Weeks and M onths under O ne Y ear of A ge.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3- 4 Weeks.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 One Year.
All CausesCertified16....42210137....71737281
UncertiSed21........2............1........................6
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox................................................................
Chicken-pox................................................................
Measles............................................1............1
Scarlet Fever....................................1....................1
Diphtheria: Croup................................................................
Whooping Cough................................................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms........1....26101....7....323136
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)............................1............................1
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh....................1....................1............2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth142....................................................16
Congenital Defects................................................................
Injury at Birth1........................................................1
Want of Breast-milk Starvation................................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus................1................................1....2
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis................................................................
Tuberculous Perit . onitis ; Tabes Mesenterica........................11........1....1........4
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................2....................2................
Other Causes.Erysipelas................................................................
Syphilis................................................................
Rickets................................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................................................................
Convulsions31....................2............................6
Bronchitis........................1................1....1....3
Laryngitis................................................................
Pneumonia........................11....................2....4
Suflocation, overlaying................................................................
Other Causes1....111........................................5
Total193214913681837286