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Acton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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Illegitimate, 42.

Table 5.

INFANTILE MORTALITY

Deaths from stated causes in Weeks

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month,1-2 months.
Common Infectious Diseases,Small-pox.................
Chicken pox..................
Measles..................
Scarlet Fever..................
Diphtheria (includ ing Membranous Croup..................
Whooping Cough...............1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all form...............3
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis, Gastroenteritis.........222
Gastritis Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth1261524...
Congenital Defects2.........2...
Injury at Birth3...1...4...
Want of Breast-) milk, Starvation.............1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3322103
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous, Men ingitis..................
Tuberculous Peritonitis; Tabes Mesenterica..................
Other Tuberculous) Diseases..................
Other CausesErysipelas..................
Syphilis..................
Rickets..................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................
Convulsions11......21
Bronchitis......1234
Laryngitis..................
Pneumonia...............2
Suffocation, overlaying1.........1...
Other causes31......4...
25115115217

Population estimated to middle of 1908, 55,000
Births in the year
legitimate, 1526.
Table 5.
INFANTILE MORTALITY
Deaths from stated causes in Weeks
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Under 1 week
1-2 weeks.
2-3 weeks.
3-4 weeks.
Total under
1 month,
1-2 months.
Common
Infectious
Diseases,
Small-pox
...
...
...
..
...
...
Chicken pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
...
...
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
Diphtheria
ing Membranous
Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
Whooping Cough
...
...
...
...
...
1
Diarrhœal
Diseases.
Diarrhoea, all form
...
...
...
...
...
3
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis,
Gastroenteritis
...
...
...
2
2
2
Gastritis Gastrointestinal
Catarrh
...
...
...
...
...
...
Wasting
Diseases.
Premature Birth
12
6
1
5
24
...
Congenital Defects
2
...
...
...
2
...
Injury at Birth
3
...
1
...
4
...
Want of Breast-)
milk, Starvation
...
...
...
.
...
1
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus
3
3
2
2
10
3
Tuberculous
Diseases.
Tuberculous,
ingitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
Tuberculous Peritonitis;
Tabes
Mesenterica
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other Tuberculous)
Diseases
...
...
...
...
...
...
Other Causes
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
Syphilis
...
...
...
...
...
...
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
Meningitis
(not Tuberculous)
...
...
...
...
...
...
Convulsions
1
1
...
...
2
1
Bronchitis
...
...
1
2
3
4
Laryngitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pneumonia
...
...
...
...
...
2
Suffocation, overlaying
1
...
...
...
1
...
Other causes
3
1
...
...
4
...
25
11
5
11
52
17