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 Richmond]
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Table V. of L.G B.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAH 1908
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under 1 Week.j
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 1 Year.
All
Causes.
Certified
12
5
6
2
25
8
4
7
9
3
1
1
1
4
2
65
Measles
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
Whooping Cough
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Diarrhoeal
Diseases
Diarrhœa, all forms
..
..
1
..
2
..
2
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
8
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis
Gastro-enteritis
..
..
1
..
1
1
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal
Catarrh
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Wasting
Diseases
Premature Birth
7
4
1
..
12
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
14
Congenital Defects ..
2
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Injury at Birth
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus
..
1
2
1
4
3
1
3
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
12
Tuberculou
Diseases
Tuberculous Meningitis
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
TuberculousPeritonitis i
Tabes Mesenterica
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
1
..
2
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
Rickets
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
Convulsions
..
..
1
..
1
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4
Bronchitis
..
..
..
..
..
1
1
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3
Pneumonia
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2
..
..
..
1
..
1
1
5
Suffocation, overlying
1
..
..
..
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1
Other Causes
2
..
..
..
2
2
..
1
1
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
6
12
5
6
2
25
8
4
7
9
3
1
1
1
..
4
2
65
District (or sub division! of Richmond. (Surrey)
Population
Births in the year
legitimate 585
Estimated to middle of 1908. 35,415.
illegitimate, 27
Deaths in the year ,
legitimate infants 65
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 426
legitimate infants 0