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City of London 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

Table: City of London Infantile Mortality during the Year 1911. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

City of London Infantile Mortality during the Year 1911. 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 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Month?.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.
All Causes.Certified7.........7122...1......212119
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..........................................1...1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheriaincluding Mem-...................................................
branous Croup
Whooping Cough...................................................
II. Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms1.........1......1........................2
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,....................................2......13
Gastro-enteritis
Gastritis, Gastro-...................................................
Intestinal Catarrh
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth1.........1.................................1
Congenital Defects3.........3.................................5
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk,...................................................
Starvation
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...................................................
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis...................................................
Tabes MeBenterica
Other Tuberculous..........................................1...1
Diseases
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
v. Other Causes.Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis................................................1
LaryDgitis...................................................
Pneumonia...................................................
Suffocation (overlying)...................................................
Other Causes2.........211......1..................5
7.........7122...1......212119

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* Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population.
Note.—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of those registered
during the year as having actually occurred within the district or division. The deaths
included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number
in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11.
By the term "Non.residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of
sickness or infirmity, and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term "Residents" is
meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and
have died in public institutions elsewhere.
Total population at all ages
Area of City of London Registration .
District in acres (exclusive of Number of inhabited houses At Census of 1911.
area covered by water) 672.7
Average number of persons per house