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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TABLE V.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under one
Year of Age.
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 |
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All Causes : | |||||||||||||||||
Certified | 20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 71 | |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Common Infectious Diseases: | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria (including Mem branous Croup) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Diarrhœal Diseases: | |||||||||||||||||
Diarrhcœ, all forms | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 |
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,Gastroenteritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Wasting Diseases: | |||||||||||||||||
Premature Birth | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 18 |
Congenital Defects | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Want of Breast-milk, starvation. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
TuberculousDiseases: | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous Meningitis.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Other Causes: | |||||||||||||||||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Improper Feeding | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Causes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
20 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | .. | 4 | 71 |
Population (estimated to middle of 1909)—40,500.
Legitimate, 848. Legitimate Infants, 62.
Birth in the year Illegitimate 82 Deaths in the year Illegitimate „ 9.
Deaths from all causes at all ages — 497.