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London County Council 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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| Cause of death. | 1905. 52 weeks. | 1906. 52 weeks. | 1907. 52 weeks. | 1908, "53 weeks. | 1909. 52 weeks. | 1910, 52 weeks. | 1911. 52 weeks. | Deaths in 1911 in excess or defect of the corrected average for 1905-10. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diminution in 1911 | Excess in 1911. | ||||||||
| Diarrhœa | – | ||||||||
| Enteritis (not tuberculous) | |||||||||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | |||||||||
| Premature Birth | |||||||||
| Congenital Malformation | – | ||||||||
| Atelectasis | |||||||||
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||
| Want of Breast-milk | – | ||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | |||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 211 | – | |||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | – | ||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | ||||||||
| Erysipelas | – | ||||||||
| Syphilis | – | ||||||||
| Rickets | – | ||||||||
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | – | ||||||||
| Convulsions | – | ||||||||
| Bronchitis | – | ||||||||
| Laryngitis | – | – | |||||||
| Pneumonia | – | ||||||||
| Suffocation, overlaying | / | – | |||||||
| Other causes | – | ||||||||
| Total | Net excess | ||||||||
The total deaths among children under one year of age from "all causes'' at certain age periods
in 1911 may be compared with similar figures included in the Annual Reports for the preceding six years as follows :—
| Year. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 0-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under one year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 808 | 667 | 564 | 4,925- | 8,132 | 3,227 | 2,665 | 2,373 | ' 16,397 | |
| 1906 | 2,683 | 707 | 722 | 545 | 4,657 | 7,764 | 3,439 | 2,736 | 2,446 | 16,385 . |
| 1907 | 2,758 | 760 | 676 | 533 | 4,727 | 7,504 | 2,580 | 2,087 | 1,974 | 14,145 |
| 1908 | 2,645 | 651 | 631 | 485 | 4,412 | 7,189 | 2,736 | 2,097 | 1,934 | 13,956 |
| 1909 | 2,535 | 612 | 540 | 471 | 4,158 | 6,564 | 2,352 | 1,910 | 1,860 | |
| 1910 | 2,465 | 598 | 500 | 451 | 4,014 | 6,230 | 2,148 | 1,795 | 1,674 | 11,847 |
| 1911 | 2,374 | 617 | 571 | 506 | 4,068 | 6,669 | 3,035 | 2,485 | 2,320 | 14,509 |
Deaths of
infants at
certain age
periods.
I he following table has been prepared to show approximately the death-rates in age-periods per 1,000 living at the beginning of each period :—
| Year. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 0-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total under one year. (b) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | 22.9 | 6.6 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 39.1 | 64.6 | 27.4 | 23.3 | 21.2 | 130.2 |
| 1906 | 21.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 37.3 | 62.2 | 29.4 | 24.1 | 22.0 | 131. 2 |
| 1907 | 22.7 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 38.9 | 61.8 | 22.7 | 18.7 | 18.1 | 116. 5 | |
| 1908 | 21.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 35.9 | 58.5 | 23.6 | 18.6 | 17.4 | 113.6 |
| 1909 | 21.7 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 35.7 | 56.3 | 21.4 | 17.7 | 17.6 | 108.8 |
| 1910 | 21.4 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 34.8 | 54.1 | 19.7 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 102.8 |
| 1911 | 21.2 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 36.4 | 59.7 | 28.9 | 24.4 | 23.3 | 129.8 |
(a) Corrected for births in the principal maternity institutions only. (b) These rates are based upon the
deaths is returned by the Medical Officers of Health of the metropolitan boroughs, and in some cases differ slightly
from the similar rates based upon the Registrar General's return
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