Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908 page 38

Deptford 1908

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908

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Table: Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1908. 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.	6 to 7 months.	7 to 8 months.		8 to 9 months.	9 to 10 months	10 to 11 months.	11 to 12 1 months.	Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes.		Certified	95	24	3	10	132	44	35	28	21	16	22	23		17	14	13	16	381
All Causes.		Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small Pox		..	..	..	..	..	.	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken Pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
	Measles		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	2	..	1	4
	Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
	Diphtheria Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	1	1	..	2
	Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	1	2	1	1	..	1	1		..	..	..	..	7
Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhœa, all forms		..	..	..	2	2	6	5	3	2	3	8	3		3	2	2	2	41
	Enteritis (not Tuberculous)		..	1	1	..	2	2	2	3	3	1	4	5		2	1	2	2	29
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh		..	..	..	..	..	2	..	4	2	1	..	..		1	..	1	..	11
	Premature Birth		70	10	1	3	84	4	4	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	92
Wasting Diseases.	Congenital Defects		10	1	..	1	12	3	1	2	1	..	..	..		..	..	1	..	20
	Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
	Want of Breast-milk		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	..
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus		3	1	1	1	6	4	6	7	4	3	3	1		1	3	..	..	38
Tuber-culous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1		..	1	..	2	5
	Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	1	1
	Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	2
	Erysipeals		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	1
	Syphilis		..	1	..	1	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..	4
	Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1		..	..	..	..	1
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1		..	1	..	2	5
	Convulsions		1	3	..	..	4	4	2	1	..	1	..	1		1	..	1	..	15
	Bronchitis		..	5	..	..	5	8	5	2	2	1	1	2		5	1	..	1	33
	Laryngities		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	1	..	1
	Pneumonia		..	1	..	..	1	2	5	3	2	2	2	6		2	..	3	5	33
	Suffocation, overlaying		1	..	..	2	3	3	3	1	2	1	..	..		..	..	..	..	13
	Other Causes		10	1	..	..	11	1	..	..	..	2	3	1		2	2	1	..	23
			95	24	3	10	132	44	35	28	21	16	22	23		17	14	13	16	381
Population—Estimated middle of 1908, 117,539. Births in the year—legitimate 3028, illegitimate 56. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1643.