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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

Twickenham 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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Table: TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

CAUSE OP DEATH.1 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.j 11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified1742244477633426272
Uncertified1.........1..................1............2
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough........................11...2......2...6
Diarrhœa Diseases.Diarrhcea, all forms11111...111.........7
Enteritis.....................ll1......211...7
Muco-enteritis,
Gastro-enteritis
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.....................l........................1
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth141116.................................16
Congenital Defects2......2..............................14
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmusl.........1...121............1...17
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis
Tuberculous Peritonitis..........................................1...1
Tabes Mesenteriea
Other Tubereulous Diseases........................l...11............3
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions....................................1.........2
Bronchitis...............1......11............1...4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia......1...1111...11...............6
Suffocation, overlaying...1......1.................................1
Other Causes...2......22......12............1...8
18421254477634426274

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Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 331 Births during the year, 751 Population, 27,000.