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Deptford 1923

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. XI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

Infantile Mortality, 1923.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes327685325271820143
Small Pox....................
Chicken Pox................11
Measles................23
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........11..46
Diphtheria and Croup................13
Influenza....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous
Diseases....................
Meningitis (not tuberculous)................11
Convulsions12..25231112
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..12..312118
Pneumonia (all forms)......22..36415
Diarrhæa..........23319
Enteritis..........242..8
Gastritis..........11....2
Syphilis..........21....3
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlaying..........2......2
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Atelectasis1....12........2
Congenital Malformations311..541....10
Premature Birth23112271......28
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus222..666..220
Other Causes......11122..6
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