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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.—Central 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.I to 2 months.2 to 3 months3 to 4 months4 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.Certified54122270181987715168667187
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........11......11........4
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..........342..152..12121
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..1....11222..321..2117
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........1....................2
Premature Birth395114623..................51
Wasting DiseasesCongenital Defects6......62....1..........1..10
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debilitv, Marasmus2..1..3221..311..1....14
Tuber-culous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis......................1..1..13
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................................
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..1....11..l................3
Rickets......................1........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................l..1..13
Convulsions12....322l......l1..1..11
Bronchitis..2....212l111141..116
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..1....112..11241....215
Suffocation, overlaying1....12..1..2..............5
Other Causes5......51........211l....11
54122270181987715168667187
Population—Estimated middle of 1908—48,909. Births in the year—legitimate 1,369, illegitimate 38. Deaths from all causes at all ages 701.