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Willesden 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table No. 16.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906. 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 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Month*.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified952321191586438443125312321181814485
Uncertified5......5..2..........1....8
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox................................• •
Measles..........1..........3..1..16
Scarlet Fever................................• •
Diphtheria: Croup....................1..........1
Whooping Cough................5..121....2..11
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea (Total)..7..3415131718131510107b6133
Zymotic Enteritis (not Tubtreulous)..................................
Gastritis, Castro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth6075274103..................87
Congenital Defects6432153..4..1........1..24
Injury at Birth4......4......1..............5
Want of Breast-milk Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus22651515552312....2..50