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St Pancras 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: St. Pancras.— Infant Deaths, 1908.Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

St. Pancras.— Infant Deaths, 1908.

Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cayse of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 week.2-3 week.3-4 week.Total 1 Months.1-2 Months.2-3 months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Monrhs.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 yers.
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............1......1...1...121411
Scarlet Fever....................................1.........1
Diphtheria: Croup....................................1...2...3
Whooping Cough...............132443...244431
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa (all forms)...14165814954...534265
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............46443322...1...29
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...11...2...6311..................13
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth69117289311........................94
Congenital Defects13332211...11.....................25
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast milk111...342...2.....................11
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus134863118964312131180
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis........................1322221215
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................1...............1...13
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........11.........31...3123...14
Erysipelas.....................1.........1............2
Syphilis...11.........23...1............1...9
Rickets...........................1..................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............113111...4......315
Convulsions...2......223...111...............10
Bronchitis...1......1412241321......21
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia43511317912764795910108
Suffocation (overlaying)62...192102...1..................24
Other Causes1932125562332...22...252
1263332152066867574438232133252729638

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Births in the year
Legitimate 5331
Illegitimate 215
Population estimated to the middle of 1908 237158
Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Including inmates of extra Borough Institutions 2341
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 3555
(Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough.)