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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.—South 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 I week1 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 to6 months.6 to 7 months.7 to 8 months8 to 9 months9 to 10 months10 to 11 months,11 to 12months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes.Certified1257226656114....34157
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles................................1
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : Croup..................................
Diarrhœa Diseases.Whooping Cough............................1..2
Diarrhœa, all forms............................1..4
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)............2..................2
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh....1..1..1..................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth8......8......................8
Congenital Defects..........1....................1
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Tuberculous Diseases.Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus33..171..2....1....11..13
Tuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..1......................1
Erysipelas..................1............1
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............1................1
Convulsions..21..3..........2..........5
Bronchitis....314111....1......1..9
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..............1..........1..13
Suffocation, overlaying............11................2
Other Causes1..1..2......................2
1257226656114....34157
Population—Estimated middle of 1905, 35,942Births in the year—legitimate 754, illegitimate 12.Deaths from all causes at all ages, 427.