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Deptford 1908

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1908

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—North Registration District. 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 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified168..73119141598565757131
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious- DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles..........................2....2
Scarlet Fever.................................
Diphtheria: Croup..........................11..2
Whooping Cough............111..............3
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms......22211112131..116
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..........1..1111211..110
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........1..2............1..4
Premature Birth144..11911..................21
Wasting DiseasesCongenital Defects2....13112................7
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus......112443..1....2....17
Tuber-culous - DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis Tuberculous Peritonitis,..................1..........12
Tabes Mesenterica..............................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases................1..............1
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis......11......................1
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions..1....12......1............4
Bronchitis..3....37211....1........15
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia............3211..21..2315
Suffocation, overlaying......11211..1............6
Other Causes..................21......1..4
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Population-Estimated middle of 1908-31,496 Births in the year-legitimate 935, illegitimate 11. Deaths from all causes at all ages 502.