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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

West Ham 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD—TABLE IV.Infantile Mortality during the year 1914.Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD—TABLE IV.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1914.

Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1 to 2 Weeks.2 to 3 Weeks.3 to 4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1 to 3 Months.3 to 6 Months.6 to 9 Months.9 to 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes—
Certified168503633287184183149151954
Uncertified3.........3............3
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1161725
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough.........2268111542
Diphtheria and Croup........................22
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................73212
Abdominal Tuberculosis.........11421...8
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................23510
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............244212
Convulsions211...42......17
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......4152527171387
Pneumonia (all forms)...22...418293140122
Diarrhœa...............1119151661
Enteritis...113523362725116
Gastritis.........11623...12
Syphilis1......12421...9
Rickets...............1.........1
Suffocation (overlying)11114851...18
Injury at Birth8.........8............8
Atelectasis132......151.........16
Congenital Malformation10951251143144
Premature Birth76131191091511...126
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus5817813964222610176
Other Causes243...941216142
Totals171503633290184183149151957