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Deptford 1907

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1907

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1907. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

cause of death.Under 1 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 to 6 months.6 to 7 months.7 to 8 months.8 to 9 months.9 to 10 months10 to 11 months.11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes.Certified772512141284431212117121218271510356
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles....................12462217
Scarlet Fever......11......................1
Diphtheria : Croup....................1......113
Whooping Cough......112312..113..1..15
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms......111..111..2222114
Enteritis (not Tubersulous)......11313221..221..18
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh......11..1..................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth47913601....................61
Congenital Defects10211141....................15
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk............1..................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus5231111285431123.....50
Tuber- culous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..1....11......1......1..26
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica..................1............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............3..11..........5
Erysipelas..................................
Svphilis..........22............1....5
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)11....2....1..........1....4
Convulsions43311121..221....2....21
Bronchitis11..246525343..3....35
Laryngitis............................
Pneumonia....1125424312568446
Suffocation, overlaying2......2122................7
Other Causes763..167311....1........29
772512141284431212117121218271510356
Population—Estimated middle of 1907, 116,510. Births in the year—legitimate 3258, illegitimate 65. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1641.