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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.—North Registration District.

Infantile Mortality During the Year 190G. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

cause of death.Under 1 week.1 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 months.10 to 11 months.11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified19147545221116201513310784174
Uncertified..................................
Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles................................2
Scarlet Fever................................1
Diphtheria, Croup............................1..1
Whooping Cough............311..3......2..10
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms....2..2634763..415..43
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..............33221........11
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh................11..1........3
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth13112172....................19
Congenital Defects42....64....................10
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus..51284..21..2..1....119
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis,..
Tabes Mesenterica..............1................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..2............3
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..............1................1
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions..23..5......4..............9
Bronchitis..1....22..1222..33....19
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..1....1131121112....14
Suffocation, overlaying..1....1....1................2
Other Causes21....33....................6
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Population Estimated middle of 1906—31,128 Births in the year—legitimate 1037, illegitimate 8. Deaths from all causes at all ages 610.