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Shoreditch 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE V. BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.Infantile Mortality during the year, 1909, showing deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V. BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.

Infantile Mortality during the year, 1909, showing 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 Months2-3 Months3-4 Months4-5 Months5-6 Months6-7 Months7-8 Months8-9 Months9-10 Months10-11 Months11-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified921124231504639332928273322313628512
Uncertified. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Chicken-pox. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Measles. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .2. .33561834
Scarlet Fever. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Diphtheria: Croup. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .111. .4
Whooping Cough. .. .1121144. .54. .13328
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. (See notes, &c. Tables iv. & v.)Diarrhœa, all forms. .. .1. .15968546543359
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis. .12. .331264231. .1127
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh. .. .1. .1. .. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .2
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth566667431. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .78
Congenital Defects (See notes on Tables iv. & v.)13. .3420. .2. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .. .23
Injury at Birth1. .. .. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation. .. .. .. .. .. .21. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .3
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus913417159910722. .21175
iv. Tuberculous. Diseases.(See notes on Tables iv. & v.). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .2. .. .12. .27
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica. .. .. .. .. .1111. .2. .. .. .. .. .6
Other Tuberculous Diseases (See notes on Tables iv. & v.). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .2121. .6
v. Other causesErysipelas. .. .1. .1. .. .. .11. .. .. .. .216
Syphilis. .. .1. .22. .1. .1. .11. .. .. .8
Rickets. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .. .1. .. .. .. .2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous). .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .1. .. .12
Convulsions1. .. .. .232. .1. .. .. .. .. .. .. .8
Bronchitis. .. .21344. .2215. .43331
Laryngitis. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .
Pneumonia1. .12524523356610556
Suffocation, overlaying2. .. .35332. .121. .. .1. .18
Other Causes9. .22134. .1122. .. .23. .28
921124231504639333928273322313628512

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Births during the year—Legitimate 3,607, illegitimate 85. Population, estimated to middle of 1909, 115,285.
Deaths from all Causes 2,189.