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Deptford 1922

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

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Table No. XI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality , 1922.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
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Uncertified........••..........
Small Pox....................
Chicken Pox....................
Measles............25714
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........15..310
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Influenza..........11..2
Erysipelas..............• •
Tuberculous Meningitis..1....1......34
J Abdominal Tuberculosis................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases....1..1..1....2
Meningitis (not tuberculous)....................
Convulsions22....4........7
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........61..411
Pneumonia (a11 forms)........773161750
Diarrhoea............31..4
Enteritis............51..6
Gastritis....................
Syphilis....................
Rickets....................
Suffecation, overlaying1......11......3
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Atelectasis51....6........6
Congenital Malformations5l....622....10
Premature Birth33l3..3751....43
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus4..12763....16
Other Causes2......2111..5
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