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City of Westminster 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table VII.— Infantile Mortality during the year 1910. City of Westminster. Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Table VII.— Infantile Mortality during the year 1910. City of Westminster. 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 diseases—
Small-pox-----------------
Chicken-pox-----------------
Measles------1-----2-1-4
Scarlet fever-----------------
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)-----------------
Whooping cough--———2—31—3——1——10
Diarrhœal diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms—-———21-1-----1-5
Enteritis, muco-enteritis, gastro-enteritis-1-—1635111112--22
Gastritis, gastro-intestinal catarrh
Wasting diseases—
Premature birth3161243211--------47
Congenital defects6——174-21-----1-15
Injury at birth4———4—----------4
Debility from birth2113735----------
Atrophy, debility, marasmus2---242421111---18
Tuberculous diseases— Tuberculous meningitis--------21-1---15