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Ruislip-Northwood 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]

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Table: Ruislip-Northwood Urban District.Table V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Ruislip-Northwood Urban District.

Table V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under Week1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under Month1-2 Months2-3 Months3-4 Months4-5 Months5-6 Months6-7 Months7-8 Month8-9 Months9-10 Montns10-11 Months11-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified22...15...1...1......1............8
Uncertified...................................................
1. Common Infectious -Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diptheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
2. Diarr- hœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms........................1.....................1
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...................................................
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh.................................1............1
3. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth...................................................
Congenital Defects...................................................
Injury at Birth2.............................................2
Want of Breastmilk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...1..........................................1
4. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
5. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis..................1...........................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia.........1....................................1
Suffocation overlying...................................................
Other Causes - Influenza................................................1
22... 1......1...1......1............8
District of Ruislip-Northwood. Births in the year.legitimate ..118Deaths in the Year oflegitimate infants8Population, Estimated to middle of 1908. 5656
illegitimate 4 Deaths from all Causes at all Ages. 41illegitimate infants0