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

cause of death.Under 1 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.
All Causes.Certified7 21211151105419192320242621141719366
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles......................1332413
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup........................1......1
Whooping Cough....l..l11..41113..2419
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..........3313..14312122
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)......1l8131852923541
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........1121................
Premature Birth3862..464....................50
Wasting Diseases.Congenital Defects62....81..1..1..............
injury at Birth
I Want of Breast-milk11
1 Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus8125169122383140
Tuberculous Diseases.( Tuberculous Meningitis ..112
| Tuberculous Peritonitis 1 Tabes Mesenterica112
1 Other Tuberculous Diseases11136
Erysipelas22
Syphilis1112
Rickets11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)11112i7
Convulsionsfi132184319.11226
Bronchitis924<i34r,331243
Laryngitis ..11
Pneumonia ..334311932a42330
Suffocation, overlaying1113411110
Other Causes13132191311312••31
7'212111511054lit192320242621141719 1360
Population—Estimated middle of 1909, 118,58?Births in the year—legitimate 2897, illegitimate 62.Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1671.