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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 —North Registration District.

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 months.2 to 3 months.3 to 4 months.4 to 5 months.5 to 6 months.fi 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.
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Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles......................2..1....3
Scarlet Fever......................1....1..2
Diphtheria, Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........11............21..5
Diarrhæal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms........33433223212129
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..........1....1......1......3
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh........111..11........1..6
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth12......12......................12
Congenital Defects4......41....................5
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus531..934........1....1..22
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..1....1..1........1........3
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................11
Erysipelas............1..................1
Syphilis............1..................1
Rickets....................111......3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................13....4
Convulsions1......111..................4
Bronchitis113..581..........3..3..20
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia............11132..122316
Suffocation, overlaying1......11..1................3
Other Causes..1....1..1......1..........3
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Population—Estimated middle of 1905—30,954Births in the year—legitimate 991, illegitimate 10.Deaths from all causes at all ages 549.