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Ilford 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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TABLE V.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1905.

Table: D eaths from stated C auses in W eeks and M onths under O ne Y ear of Ag e.

D eaths from stated C auses in W eeks and M onths under O ne Y ear of Ag e.

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 Months8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox....................................................................
Chicken-pox....................................................................
Measles............................................1....1........2
Scarlet Fever....................................................................
Diphtheria: Croup....................................................................
Whooping Cough....................1........1............11........4
Dinrrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms....................121....122111....12
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)....................13....31231........14
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh3........25....1....11................1....10
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth204523111....................................33
Congenital Defects3............3....................1....................4
Injury at Birth....................................................................
Want of Breast-milk........................................1....................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4112852............................1....16
Tuberculous Diseases."Tuberculous Meningitis........................1....................................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis; Tabes Mesenterica....................................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............................1........1....................2
Erysipelas........................................1....................1
Syphilis....................................................................
Rickets....................................................1....1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................................................................
Convulsions3............34................1....................8
Bronchitis....................221....111....11....10
Laryngitis....................................................................
Pneumonia........112................12............128
Suffocation. overlaying1............1............................................1
Other Causes3............3....212................2........10
Total375775616144741165762138