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Lambeth 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Local Government Board.

Table V.

BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907. 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 Mouths.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes—
Certified172443841295897181495340393843241870
Uncertified1736228988611342...171
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox........................1........................
Measles........................1214274526
Scarlet Fever.....................1......1...............1
Diphtheria : Croup...........................1...1.........13
Whooping Cough...............6852412762245
Continued Fever...................................................
Diarrhceal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms, including Cholera and Dysentery2.........24697582245458
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis121...4648593234...351
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh, Ileo-Colitis1...2141...232.........1......13
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1118121214311322............2......163
Congenital Defects311164...111...1......1...15
Injury at Birth9.........9.................................9
Want of Breast-Milk Starvation...1......12...22...2...............9
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus201412135919161154222114126
tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis.........11......51231011118
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...1......1434...3......2...1...18
Other Tuberculous Diseases ...................213221111216
Other Causes—
Influenza.....................1........................1
Erysipelas...............1...1......11...1......5
Syphilis7421148324......1...2......34
Rickets.................................1............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......1...1...12...121111112
Convulsions822214423...2...11...1...28
Bronchitis144413119129526223478
Laryngitis...........................1...1............2
Pneumonia.........11...11132...411217
Suffocation, overlying821213322...............1......21
Pleuro Pneumonia......1...1.................................1
Broncho...32389149554106461090
Dentition........................1141422116
Eczema...............1..............................1
Intestinal Obstruction11......2...............1...............3
Jaundice and other diseases of the liver......1...1..................1............2
Accident (other than suffocation)1...1...2111...1......21...110
Atelectasis112...215.................................15
Meningeal Hæmorrage11......2.................................2
Abscess in Neck.....................1........................1
Arthritis (Septic)..................1............1......114
Cerebro spinal Meningitis.....................2...1...............3
Wilful Murder2......2.................................2
Acute Mastæditis.....................1.....................1
Hæmorrhage from Bowels1.........1.................................1
Found Dead1.........1.................................1
Hydro Cephalus...............l1............1......1...4
Tracheitis.......................................1......1
Tonsillitis...........................1...............1
Acute Nephritis..................1...........................1
Appendix Abscess....................................1.......1
Syncope...1......1.................................1
Dyspepsia..................l...........................1
Unclassified......1...12...3......1......1......8
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