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Shoreditch 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE IV.

INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH

during the year 1911.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.1 2-3 Weeks.3-4 WeeksTotal under 1 Month.1-3 Months3-6 Months6-9 Months9-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified942117221549815210490598
Uncertified....................
Small-pox..................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles............2101527
Scarlet fever................11
Diphtheria and Croup..............112
Whooping-cough..........245314
Diarrhœa....12314432820108
Enteritis....11..211l8141257
Tuberculous Meningitis..........114410
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b).......11232..8
Other Tuberculous Diseases............3238
Congenital Malformations (e)112212..3....15
Premature birth64464781......79
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus119342717257177
Atelectasis5......5........5
Injurry at birth....................
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis..1..1261....9
Rickets....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........12216
Convulsions21116352..16
Gastritis..........1..1..2
Laryngitis..........1......1
Bronchitis..312691451044
Pneumonia (all forms)......111517111458
Suffocation, overlying4....26851222
Other causes1..225669329
942117221549815210490598

Nett Births in the year—Legitimate 3,404, illegitimate 93. Nett Deaths
in the year of legitimate infants 578, illegitimate infants 20.
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