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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.—South Registration District.

Infantile Mortality During the Year 1906. 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 months3 to 4 months4 to 5 months5 to 6 months6 to 7 months7 to 8 months8 to 9 months9 to 10 months.10 to 11 months.11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes.Certified178163212586214232279
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall Pox..................................
Chicken Pox................................. .
Measles..........................11..2
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough......111............1..1..4
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..11131135............215
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..........112................4
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth112..114......................14
Congenital Defects..........1....................1
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11..24121..........1....9
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..........................1....1
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases................................1
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis................................1
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......................1........1
Convulsions11....2111......1........6
Bronchitis..l....23..1................6
Laryngitis..........0....................
Pneumonia....................12........3
Suffocation, overlaying1......11....................2
Other Causes32....51....11............8
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Population—Estimated middle of 1906—36,293. Births in the year—legitimate 790, illegitimate 11. Deaths from all causes at all ages 475.