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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.—South 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 Causes.Certified25411317255121412263
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious - DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles..........1..................12
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................................
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..........1....111..........4
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)....1..1............1........2
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..............22......1......5
Premature Birth171..1191....................20
Wasting DiseasesCongenital Defects21....3......................3
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11....2....21..1..1......7
Tuber-culous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1....................1
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................1............12
Convulsion..................................
Bronchitis............1..........1......2
Laryngitis............................1..1
Pneumonia..........1..1............1..3
Suffocation, overlaying..........11..................2
Other Causes51....6..............11....8
25411317255121412263
Population—Estimated middle of 1908—37,005. Births in the year—legitimate 724, illegitimate 7. Deaths from all causes at all ages 440.