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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 RDC]

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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.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 One Year.
All CausesCertified94124354352o ri2350
Uncertified ..11i
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox................................................................
Chicken-pox................................................................
Measles................................................................
Scarlet Fever................................................................
Diphtheria: Croup........................................................1....
Whooping Cough................................................................
Diarrhœa, all forms................1........1............2....228
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis, Muco enteritis Gastro-enteritis................................................................
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh................................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth7........21....1................................11
Congenital Defects....2........................1........................3
Injury at Birth................................................................
Want of Breast-milk Starvation................................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus....1............12........1....................5
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis........................1................................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis; Tabes Mesenterica............................1............2............2
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................1............1........1........3
Other Causes.Erysipelas................................................................
Syphilis................................................................
Rickets........................1............................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................................................................
Convulsions....................................1........................
Bronchitis........1....1........1............................3
Laryngitis................................................................
Pneumonia....1............11....2................1....
Suffocation, overlaying................1........................................1
Other Causes3........................1....2....1............7

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Population estimated to middle of 1908, 23,282.
Births in the year, legitimate, 614; illegitimate, 8.
Deaths in the year, legitimate, 48; illegitimate, 4.
Death from all causes at all ages, 237.