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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, continued.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1910. St. John and St. Margaret Wards. Deaths from Stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Table VII, continued.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1910. St. John and St. Margaret Wards. 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.j 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.
Measles——----------1-1-2
Whooping cough—————1-11-3-----6
Diarrhoea, all forms-----11---------2
Enteritis, muco - enteritis, gastro-enteritis-----1-211------6
Premature birth174-1221----------23
Congenital defects2——13—--1-------4
Injury at birth1———1———--------1
Debility at Birth--11212---------5
Atrophy, debility, marasmus1--—1212-11-1---9
Tuberculous peritonitis, tabes mesenterica---------11-----2
Erysipelas——-11-----------1
Syphilis1——121-1--------4
Convulsions--1-1--——1------2
Bronchitis—————1211-------5
Pneumonia——112-3311------12
Suffocation, overlying————----1-------1
Other causes1---11-2--11-1——7
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Population, estimated to middle of 1910, 41,790.
Births in the year—Legitimate, 856; illegitimate, 55.
Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 83; illegitimate infants, 9.
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 585.