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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.—Central Registration District. Infantile 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.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.Certified33338472814119101212109911182
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles......................1....113
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough....1..1..1......1..1....26
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..........12..1....22..2..10
Enteritis(not Tuberculous)..........612..421212425
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh............121..............4
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth18......182....................20
Congenital Defects41....51..1................7
Injury at Birth..................................
Wants of Breast Milk..........1....................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus41..49611..223..1....25
Tuber culous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis....................1..1......2
Tuberculous Peritonitis......................1........1
Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1....................1
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis............1..................1
Rickets..................................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)............1..1..1..........3
Convulsions......11....11..........1..6
Bronchitis..........4212224231225
Laryngitis........................1......1
Pneumonia......114211..1..141218
Suffocation, overlaying..1..121....11............5
Other Causes7..2110....2112......1..17
33338472814119101212109911182
Population—Estimated middle of 1909—50,169.Births in the year—legitimate 1,267, illegitimate 34Deaths from all causes at all ages 705.