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Ilford 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.

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

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week1 -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 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox......................................................................................................
Chicken-pox......................................................................................................
Measles..............................................................................1............1
Scarlet Fever......................................................................................................
Diphtheria: Croup......................................................................................................
Whooping Cough..............................1............1............12......1......6
ii. Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms............1......1223443352......231
1 Enteritis,Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis..................11524423......221......26
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..............................2............................................................2
iii. Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth212............23......21................................................26
Congenital Defects411......61......1................................................8
Injury at Birth1..................1..................................................................1
Want of Breast-milk,......1......23......1......1..........................................5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3......1......444......11............1......1......16
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis....................................111............1........................4
Tuberculous Peritonitis:..........................................1..........................................12
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................1..............................1........................2
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas......................................................................................................
Syphilis............1......1..................................................................1
Rickets..............................1..........................................11......3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........................................12....................................14
Convulsions23............5......1............1......1......1............9
Bronchitis..................112......1............11............1......7
Laryngitis................................................1..........................................1
Pneumonia............2......23............312............1......214
Suffocation, overlaying1............12....................................1........................3
Other Causes221272......13........................1......115
Total349775724131421999109157187