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 IV.
INFANT MORTALITY, 1911.
Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 912 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes Certified All Causes Uncertified | 20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 107 |
Small-pox | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
Measles | ||||||||||
Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
Diphtheria and Croup. | ||||||||||
Whooping Cough | ||||||||||
Diarrhoea | 5 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 36 | |||||
Enteritis | ||||||||||
Tuberculosis Meningitis | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Abdominal | ||||||||||
Tuberculosis (6) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||
Other Tuberculosis Diseases | ||||||||||
Congenital Malforma- | ||||||||||
tions (c) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | ||||||
Premature Birth | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | ||
Atrophy, Debility and | ||||||||||
Marasmus | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
Atelectasis | 1 | 1 | I | |||||||
Injury at Birth | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
Erysipelas | ||||||||||
Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Rickets | ||||||||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis) | ||||||||||
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||
Gastritis | ||||||||||
Laryngitis | . | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Other Causes | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
20 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 14 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 107 |
Nett Births
in the Year
Legitimate 823
Illegitimate 50
Nett Deaths in
the Year of
Legitimate Infants 94
Illegitimate ,, 13