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Table: TABLEXXXShewing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fifteen years, 1899-1913 and in1914.

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Shewing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fifteen years, 1899-1913 and in1914.

Cause of Death		Years.															Mean 15 years.	1914	Differ -ence.
Cause of Death		1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912	1913	Mean 15 years.	1914	Differ -ence.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	••	••	1	4	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••
	Chicken-pox	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	••	1	••	. .	••	2	+2
	Measles	27	42	37	24	29	51	27	36	27	24	31	21	28	29	16	29	14	- 15
	Scarlet Fever	••	2	2	1	1	1	••	1	••	3	1	••	••	••	2	1	2	+ 1
	Diphtheria (including	3	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	1	1	2	6	4	3	2	- 1
	Membranous Croup	3	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	1	1	2	6	4	3	2	- 1
	Whooping Cough	66	68	38	76	63	30	51	30	53	29	36	61	31	17	22	45	43	- 2
	Diarrhoea, all forms	208	148	143	72	83	200	149	171	73	80	46	33	229	23	68	115	131	+ 16
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.	J Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,	159	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	52	26	38	73	49	99	62	54	- 8
	Gastro-enteritis	159	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	52	26	38	73	49	99	62	54	- 8
	Gastritis, Gastro-	13	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	7	23	15	9	8	14	15	13	- 2
	intestinal Catarrh	13	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	7	23	15	9	8	14	15	13	- 2
	Premature Birth	187	176	169	194	174	178	163	144	164	167	136	121	149	128	139	159	143	- 16
iii. Wasting Diseases.	Congenital Defects	21	36	48	33	47	43	48	59	47	51	52	46	35	34	40	43	47	+ 4
	Injury at Birth	••	••	••	••	1		••	••	••	••	••	1	4	3	2	1	4	+ 3
	Want of Breast-milk,	2	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	••	14	5	6	5	3	- 2
	Starvation	2	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	••	14	5	6	5	3	- 2
	Atrophy, Debility,	285	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	138	133	94	117	114	144	160	93	- 67
	Marasmus	285	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	138	133	94	117	114	144	160	93	- 67
	Tuberculous Meningitis	30	25	24	20	20	10	19	20	17	13	18	24	19	15	9	19	9	- 10
iv. Tuberculous Diseases	Tuberculous Peritonitis	30	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	14	20	14	11	8	7	19	10	- 9
	Tabes Mesenterica	30	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	14	20	14	11	8	7	19	10	- 9
	Other Tuberculous	27	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	13	8	8	16	5	5	16	8	- 8
	Diseases	27	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	13	8	8	16	5	5	16	8	- 8
v. Other Causes.	Erysipelas	6	3	2	3	4	3	1	3	3	4	4	3	••	••	1	3	4	+ 1
	Syphilis	7	17	10	11	10	11	13	9	5	13	10	8	4	8	12	10	17	+7
	Rickets	8	2	5	3	1	4	3	5	••	2	1	••	6	1	2	3		- 3
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	16	19	23	16	18	10	19	18	10	13	11	14	10	5	8	14	10	- 4
	Convulsions	62	57	68	69	47	47	38	24	16	15	14	22	17	17	18	35	13	- 22
	Bronchitis	124	119	104	116	90	78	77	82	83	39	55	50	51	41	59	78	43	- 35
	Laryngitis	2	4	5	2	4	1	3	••	1	••	1	••	1	1	••	2		- 2
	Pneumonia	112	118	123	134	109	101	107	103	153	106	106	110	101	97	109	113	85	- 28
	Suffocation, overlying	45	43	39	46	15	25	14	22	23	23	27	26	21	23	32	28	19	- 9
	Other Causes	108	97	113	86	108	88	94	79	77	80	77	64	91	73	80	88	80	- 8
		1,548	1,344	1,290	1,219	1,136	1,140	1,074	1,083	996	894	841	777	1,040	710	898	1,066	849	-217

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Table: TABLEXXXShewing theChief CausesofInfantile Mortalityin the fifteen years, 1899-1913 and in1914.