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Penge 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1909.Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1909.

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 WeeksTotal under 1 Month1-2 Months.2 3 Months3-4 Months4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7 8 Months.8-9 Months9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes—
Certified1114521325532121146
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases—...................................................
Small-pox
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (Including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
Diarrhoeal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms.....................1........................1
EnteritisMuco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis.......................................1......1
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth6.........61..............................7
Congenital Defects......2...2.................................2
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus......112...11121...............8
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis........................1.....................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions11114......2........................6
Bronchitis.........11.........1.....................2
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.........221...1211...1...1...10
Suffocation, overlaying...................................................
Other Causes4.........411..................1...18
1114521325532...121146

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Population, estimated to middle of 1909 ... 24,408.
(legitimate 381 legitimate infants 37
Births in the year 393 Deaths in the year 46
(illegitimate 12 illegitimate „ 9
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 276.