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St Pancras 1920

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

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Nett Deaths from stated causes under 1 y ear of Age for 10 Years,

1910—1919, and 1920.

CAUSE OF DEATH.1910191119121913191419151916191719181919Aver ­ age for 10 years.1920
All causes( Certified580623472512481497385402340336463435
(Uncertified
Small-pox___
Chicken-pox111
Measles4217131081714301641721
Scarlet Fever1—-1
Whooping-Cough40162112232415142721918
Diphtheria and Croup23j1421112
Erysipelas11322111
Influenza1—-1_1181132
Tuberculous Meninigitis6811538548466
Abdominal Tuberculosis132112111
Other Tuberculous Diseases722836573252
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)81288487103677
Convulsions14621161159536107
Laryngitis—-111
Bronchitis2990571057684576346476587
Pneumonia (all forms)771513916121013159199
Diarrhoea38708222415686102111
Enteritis149824738264355231375126
Gastritis82723241332
Syphilis128914159141613111215
Rickets424—-114221
Suffocation (overlaying)1718221418891361132
Injury at Birth2464310432645
Atelectasis9693569987710
Congenital Malformations132121242325341917312333
Premature Birth10093979384927561506881105
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus898063533847434446455540
Other causes (including Influenza)485050313648252036353826
Totals580623472512481497385402340336463435
Nett Bibths538555555367551752254754453037963318382447275931

The number of deaths of illegitimate children under one year of age was 63, equal
to a death rate of 190 per thousand illegitimate births.