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Deptford 1909

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough.

Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

cause of death.Under I 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.
A11Causes.Certified66221391103923181424181511181318321
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles..................122113616
Scarlet Fever..........................1....1
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........2211112231319
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms....1122..2..112........10
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)....1....13..4341..311122
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........111..........1....4
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth457525931..1..............64
Congenital Defects51....6..2........1..1....10
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus332..8864233....1....35
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1..111127
Tuberculous Peritonitis..............................11
Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..11......11....1....5
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis......114..1............1..7
Rickets........................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................111....14
Convulsions44..19..111231......119
Bronchitis..12149641431..21..35
Laryngitis..........1....................1
Pneumonia1....2343..1213144329
Suffocation, overlaying11....2......111....11..7
Other Causes64211311..33..11......23
66221391103923181424181511181318321
Population—Estimated middle of 1909, 118,583. Births in the year—legitimate 3029, illegitimate 64. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1611.