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Deptford 1905

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough.

Infantile Mortality During The Year 1905. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months 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 2 months2 to 3 months.3 to 4 months.4 to 5 months.5 to 6 months.6 to 7 months.7 to 8 months.8 to 9 months.9 to 10 months.10 to 11 months.11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
AllCauses.Certified75342161364245302221291821211884ii
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles......................2..3....5
Scarlet Fever......................1....1..2
Diphtheria: Croup..........................1....1
Diarrhœa DiseasesWhooping Cough ............1211........32..10
Diarrhœa, all forms..112491259374534166
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..........12314..21......14
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh....32513..21....1..1..14
Premature Birth529....61......................61
Wasting DiseasesCongenital Defects41....5111................8
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want ot Breast Milk............................••....
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11831236773232213160
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..1....1..1......11........4
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..1..1....1....21..17
Erysipelas............1....11..........3
Syphilis..1....1..3..................4
Rickets....................211......4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............1....1..13....6
Convulsions265..133211172••......30
Bronchitis13711215442332525..57
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..1....11233531342533
Suffocation, overlaying22....4134................12
Other Causes211..431......1..........9
7534216136424530222129182121188411
Population—Estimated middle of1905–114,512. Births in the year—legitimate 3,219, illegitimate71. Deaths from all causes at all ages 1,642.