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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.—Central 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 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.6total deaths under i year.
All Causes.Certified35154106422161612181217131289219
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small Pox..................................
Chicken Pox..................................
Measles....................21221..8
Scarlet Fever......................1........1
Diphtheria, Croup. ...........................2..2
Whooping Cough............11..1..42..1..12
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhoea, all forms..5..163569847562..61
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)......222..1..12........19
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..........2................. ...2
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth226243411..................36
Cogenital Defects4..1..5......................5
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast Milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus13....4311321..1......16
Tuber culous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..........................11..2
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2. .........13
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis11....2......................2
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................2..1..3
Convulsions3......3211..1............8
Bronchitis....1..1233..212..3..219
Laryngitis..................11..........2
Pneumonia......11121....121....312
Suffocation, overlaying2......2422................10
Other Causes1....231....................4
35154106422161612181217131289219
Population Estimated middle of 1906—42,289. Births in the year—legitimate 1,377, illegitimate 37. Deaths from all causes at all ages 769.