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Kensington 1906

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health 1906

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Table: INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906. Deaths from stated Causes, in Weeks and Months, under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox................................................—
Chicken-pox................................................—
Measles.........11............1425122431
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup.......................................1113
Whooping-cough...............1......128...11...211
DiarrhœalDiseasesDiarrhcea, all forms...21...3141199685986492
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..................11112.........1...7
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh......112.....................1.........3
G astro-enteritis*...............2...11311...1...111
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth5032358......1.....................59
Atelectasis71......8.................................8
Congenital Defects323...813...1......2............15
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk.........3821...........................6
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus93161975421...1111...42
Indigestion...1......1...1............1......115
TuberculousDiseasesTuberculous Meningitis.................................2...3117
Tuberculous Peritonitis ; Tabes Mesen-terica...............532..................1...11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................3121...2...1......10
Erysipelas......1...1.................................1
Syphilis...............33......1111.........10
Rickets...........................1..................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) .1.........11......11...2112...10
Convulsions...............111.........1............4
Bronchitis11417......1211281...321
Laryngitis....................................1.........1
Pneumonia...2...132323245385540
Other Lung Diseases2.........2...11........................4
Suffocation, overlaying1......1211............1.........6
Violent Deaths, other7.........71.........11...............10
Dentition..................1...11...1111...7
Other causes231392...1......1......1...115
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* The diseases printed in italics are not named in the official table, but are grouped therein under the heading " other causes.'