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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

Fulham 1918

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Table: TABLE III.INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918.

TABLE III.

INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1918.

Nett Deaths from slated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.Nett Deaths under One Year of residents in the Wards of the Borough whether occurring in or beyond the Wards.
CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1—3 Week.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Month*.8 Months and under 6 Months.6 Month* and under 9 Month*.9 Months and under 13 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.
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Uncertified......................................................
Small-pox......................................................
Chicken-pox......................................................
Measles.....................268...5......2...1...
Scarlet Fever......................................................
Whooping Cough...............534719141283......
Diphtheria and Croup.........11......1...2............2.........
Erysipelas......................................................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2125...2......111...
j Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)........................11...1..................
(Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......11.....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11...1125...11...3.........
Convulsions5.........5...2......7...3......1...12
Laryngitis......................................................
Bronchitis...1......1362315...2432...22
Pneumonia (all forms)1...1...2716161354296181216...
Diarrhœa...11...2672118...2244...33
Enteritis...12257118637113656...42
Gastritis.....................2...2......1...............
Syphilis......1...122......5...12...1...1...
Rickets.....................1...1......1...............
Suffocation, overlying2......13...1......4...l111.........
Injury at Birth101......11............1113211111
Atelectasis3.........3............3...1...2............
Congenital Malformations(c)413191.........101...1...5111
Premature Birth34...3138521...4649379...77
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus521...861111731125...32
Other causes...1...23433215232...2141
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Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 2,447; Illegitimate, 225.
Nett Deaths in the year of—Legitimate infants, 286;
Illegitimate infants, 50.
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous
Peritonitis and Enteritis and from Tabes Mesenterica.
Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.