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Kingston upon Thames 1909

[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
All Causes :
Certified2054433114532423..471
Uncertified................................
Common Infectious Diseases:
Small-pox................................
Chicken-pox................................
Measles............1................12
Scarlet Fever................................
Diphtheria (including Mem branous Croup)................................
Whooping Cough............1........1........2
Diarrhœal Diseases:
Diarrhcœ, all forms....1..1..111......1....16
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,Gastroenteritis......11......................1
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh1......12....................3
Wasting Diseases:
Premature Birth10811152..1................18
Congenital Defects8......81....................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..........12
Other Causes:
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis................................
Improper Feeding..............2..1....1......4
Meningitis................................
(not Tuberculous)
Convulsions................1..............1
Bronchitis..11242..1..........1....8
Laryngitis..........................1....1
Pneumonia..11..23....1....1..1..19
Suffocation, overlying................................
Other Causes1......1............21......4
2054433114532..423..471

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.