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Deptford 1925

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1925. 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 under12months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes558757529162634180
Small Pox....................
Chicken Pox....................
Measles............1258
Scarlet Fever..............1..1
Whooping Cough..........12238
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Influenza....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis....................
Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous....................
Diseases..........11....2
Meningitis (not tuberculous)..........1..1..2
Convulsions1......121....4
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........23117
Pneumonia (all forms)11..1324161520
Diarrœha............2....2
Enteritis..........441..9
Gastritis....................
Syphilis....................
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlaying2......2........2
Injury at Birth3......3........3
Atelectasis..1... .1........1
Congenital Malforma-tions2221712....10
Premature Birth2124..27........27
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus21317411114
Other Causes2..... .3422213
Influenza............11..2
Encephalitis Lethargica..............1..1
347103 5422 241918137