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London County Council 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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It will be seen from the foregoing table that in the period 1903-7 and the year 1908 Shoreditch
(167 and 139 respectively) and Bermondsey (150 and 144 respectively) had the highest infantile
death-rates and Hampstead (87 and 69 respectively) had the lowest.
The deaths under one year of age per 1000 births, during each of the four quarters of the year
were as follows:— First quarter 110; second quarter 90; third quarter 129; fourth quarter 123.
The reports of Medical Officers of Health of the several sanitary areas of the Administrative
County for the year 1908 contain tables prepared in accordance with the instructions of the
Local Government Board giving the number of deaths, from all causes and certain specified causes, of
infants at different periods in the first year of life. From the information thus supplied, the
following table has been compiled, showing the figures for London as a whole.

Table: Infantile mortality during the year1908.Deaths from stated causes in the first four weeks of life and in months under one year of age(53weeks).

Infantile mortality during the year1908.

Deaths from stated causes in the first four weeks of life and in months under one year of age(53weeks).

Cause of death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.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.
Common Infectious
Diseases—
Small-pox-----------------
Chicken-pox--1-1------2----3
Measles--112732212183942546092333
Scarlet Fever-------11-5-352724
Diphtheria and Croup---2214123221011151467
Whooping-cough--2573439343832354244426062469
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms24253364177193236222202188136137115861031,859
Enteritis (not tuberculous)42122136090107867563614435344022717
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh366722212517168662235133
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1,518190160921,96015841167431313-2,197
Congenital Defects3318856345096035211914101411453105
Injury at Birth10032-1052111-------110
Want of Breast-milk5663201593834-231-68
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus283114139101637318216187112796539413227221,775
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis11-24416151828252231333726259
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesen terica1-225182222211591016101010168
Other Tuberculous Diseases222171617292827212618311520255
Erysipelas121484283234--1-35
Syphilis111212134853452717131045412229
Rickets------613158667851
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)3324121019212223272722251919246
Convulsions937037232237049262024262717131213520
Bronchitis8314637122178110937872595170525146982
Laryngitis111-31-2-2-3221218
Pneumonia14273136108154117101991121021131271141431411,431
Suffocation, overlaying67112333134847940331512101432417
Other causes1975954393499156455349424539424133885
Total (All Causes)2,6456516314854,4121,5661,2111,03589880373867568463964365213,956

Table: Comparison may be made between the number of deaths from the several causes in the above table with those of the three antecedent years by reference to the following table:—

Comparison may be made between the number of deaths from the several causes in the above table with those of the three antecedent years by reference to the following table:—

Cause of death.1905.1906.1907.1908.
Small-pox----
Chicken-pox3353
Measles389420400333
Scarlet Fever34183524
Diphtheria and Croup52595367
Whooping-cough623502746469

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