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Barking 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

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TABLE IV.

INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1912.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesUncertified....................
Certified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken pox....................
Measles....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........2..5310
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas..................
Tuberculous Meningitis..........1..1..2
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..1
Meningitis (not- Tubercu lous)..............1..1
Convulsions..21..3....2..5
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis1....1236....11
Pneumonia (all forms)..........213410
Diarrhœa................11
Enteritis....................
Gastritis....1..1........1
Syphilis....1..11......2
Rickets..................
Suffocation, overlying..........1......l
Injury at Birth....................
Atelectasis..1....1........1
Congenital Malformation..1225211110
Premature Birth111....12..21..15
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus34211033..16
Other causes............2....3
Totals.1597435151510990

Nett. Births in
the Year
Legitimate, 933.
Illegitimate, 31.
Nett Deaths in
the Year of
Legitimate Infants, 89.
Illegitimate Infants, 1.