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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.—South Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1910. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 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.Certified153342571334323..1355
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles........................2....13
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup........................1......1
Whooping Cough................1..........113
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..................................
Enteritis(not Tuberculous)......111......11..........4
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth632..111....................12
Congenital Defects1......1......................1
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus......11....l11............4
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..........1....................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases......................1........1
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis......11......................1
Rickets..................................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions4..1..54..........1........10
Bronchitis..............l1..1..........3
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia......11..1....2..........15
Suffocation, overlaying1......1......................1
Other Causes3......3....l....1..........5
153342571334323..1355
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—37,361.Births in the year—legitimate 701, illegitimate 17.Deaths from all causes at all ages 465.