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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 — North Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909. 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.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 CausesCertified17442271889210443659105
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles..................11......248
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........2..11....11....17
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms......111......111........5
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..............1..I114
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh........1..1................2
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth1322171..................18
Congenital Defects1......1......................1
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus....1..1412..21..........11
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................1..1..1..14
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..11..............1....3
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis......111..1............1..4
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................11
Convulsions1......1........1..........13
Bronchitis..........633..11......1..15
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..........22..1....1121111
Suffocation, overlaying1......1................1....2
Other Causes12....3..1....2............6
17442271889210443659105
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—31,690. Births in the year—legitimate 921, illegitimate 12. Deaths from all causes at all ages 490.