Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE VII.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
(See Notes at foot of Table IV.)
THE BOROUGH.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under 1 Week.
1—2 Weeks.
2—3 Weeks.
3—4 Weeks.
Total under 1
Month.
1 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 Causes
Certified
124
17
28
25
194
59
49
52
43
48
45
36
31
32
27
31
647
Uncertified
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Common Infectious diseases
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
...
2
1
2
2
10
Scarlet Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Diphtheria: Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
2
...
...
4
Whooping Cough
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
2
...
2
1
1
...
1
1
1
11
Diarrhœal diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms
...
...
3
2
5
11
18
27
24
23
19
21
17
4
10
13
192
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis
Gastro-enteritis
1
...
...
...
1
3
2
3
1
6
3
1
1
2
1
...
24
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal
Catarrh
...
...
...
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
...
2
...
1
...
...
12
Wasting diseases—
Premature Birth
65
9
9
6
89
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
94
Congenital Defects
28
2
2
2
34
1
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
39
Injury at Birth
11
...
...
...
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
11
Want of Breast-milk,
Starvation
...
...
...
1
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus
7
2
6
3
18
8
9
3
3
3
2
...
...
...
...
1
47
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
1
3
1
...
1
1
...
1
10
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
3
Other Tuberculous
diseases
...
...
1
1
2
1
1
1
...
...
3
1
...
3
...
...
12
Other Causes—
Erysipelas
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Syphilis
...
1
1
1
3
2
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1
...
1
9
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
1
1
...
...
4
1
10
Convulsions
3
...
...
4
7
2
...
...
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
20
Bronchitis
1
...
...
...
1
3
2
2
1
...
2
...
2
1
2
3
19
Laryngitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pneumonia
1
1
2
1
5
4
5
4
2
3
6
4
5
8
3
3
52
Suffocation, overlying
2
...
...
1
3
8
1
2
3
...
...
1
...
...
...
18
Other Causes
7
2
2
1
12
6
6
2
5
3
3
2
...
2
1
3
45
126
17
28
25
196
59
49
52
43
48
45
36
31
32
27
31
649
Births Registered in Fulham in the year—Legitimate, 4504; Illegitimate, 263.
Deaths in the year of—Legitimate infants, 553 ; Illegitimate infants, 96.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—2,217.
Population—149,350 (estimated to middle of 1906).