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 Kingston-upon-Thames]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 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 Causes: | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 18 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | i | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 86 |
| Uncertified | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Common Infectious Diseases: | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Diphtheria(including Membranous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases: | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœal, all forms | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 11 |
| Enteritis, Muscoenteritis, Gastroenteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Gastritis,Gastrointestinal Catarrh | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Wasting Diseases: | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 17 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 |
| Congenital Defects | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Want of Breastmilk, starvation. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
| TuberculousDiseases: | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Other Causes: | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Rockets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Convulsions | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 7 |
| Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Other Causes | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
| 19 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 89 |