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Deptford 1910

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD —North Registration District. Infantilk Mortality During the Year 1910. 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 CausesCertified24653381945ii69128575129
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles........................13127
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..........1....31..12..1110
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..........2112..1211..112
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..........1..11321..1l112
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........1....................1
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth143....171....................18
Congenital Defects11....2........1............3
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4..2..63....1..1..........11
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............1......12........4
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis..................................
Rickets............1..................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................12..l..4
Convulsions21216..1..1..1......l..10
Bronchitis..........5..231121......15
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia......11..........221..l..7
Suffocation, overlaying..........3..1................4
Other Causes311161..........1....l..9
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Population—Estimated middle of 1909—31,690.
Births in the year—legitimate 939, illegitimate 11.
Deaths from all causes at all ages 501.