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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

Merton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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Table: TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age. ( See notes to Table IV.)

TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age. ( See notes to Table IV.)

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 17...................................................
Uncertified...................................................
i. Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...................................................
Chicken-Pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including...................................................
Membranous Croup)
Whooping Cough...................................................
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. (See Notes to Table IV)Diarrhœa, all form...........................1..................1
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,..................1...........................1
Gastro-enteritis
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh)......1...11...1........................3
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth321...6.................................6
Congenital Defects (See Notes to Table IV.)...................................................
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility,...............1..............................1
Marasmus
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis (See Notes to Table IV...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis :...................................................
Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous...................................................
Diseases (See Notes to Table IV.)
v. Other CausesErysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...1......2.................................2
Bronchitis...................................................
Laryngitis..............................1...............1
Pneumonia...................................................
Suffocation, overlying.........11.................................1
Other Causes......1...1.................................1
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Population (estimated to middle of 1908), 12,550.
Births in the Year:- Legitimate, 348; Illegitimate, 5. Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 16 ; Illegitimate infants, 1,
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 100.