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Deptford 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Whole Borough.

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 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1 to 2 months..2 to 3 months.3 to 4 months.4 to 5 months.5 to 6 months.6 to 7 months.7 to 8 months.8 to 9 months.9 to 10 months10 to 11 months,11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes.Certified713712211415632403835262425221815472
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox
Chicken Pox
Measles....................21342..12
Scarlet Fever......................1......12
Diphtheria: Croup............................3..3
Whooping Cough......1114211343..4226
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..63211109132114779..74119
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)......223163341........24
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........2....11..1..........5
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth469376531..................69
Congenital Defects821..115....................16
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus291416834423..3....144
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........................2....2
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica..............1................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..5..........18
Erysipelas..........2....................2
Syphilis11....2....1..........1....4
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................12......4
Convulsions433..1032241..1........23
Bronchitis..2125755243236..244
Laryngitis..................11..........2
Pneumonia..1..12252123522..329
Suffocation, overlaying31....4523................14
Other Causes63..2115....11............18
713712211415632403835262425221815472

Population—Estimated middle of 190G, 115,495. Births in the year—legitimate 3204, illegitimate 5G. Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1854.
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