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Camberwell 1905

Sixth annual report of the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell...

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TABLE V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY LURING THE YEAR 1905. 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 CausesCertified1713228432749853574667534438514440865
Uncertified................................37
Common Infectious Diseases:—
Smallpox..................................
Chickenpox.................................
Measles......................1..4218
Scarlet Fever........................1..1..2
Diphtheria: Croup............................1..1
Hooping Cough....1..11..1..564232631
Diarrhœal Diseases:—
Diarrhœa, all forms..2136761111055177571
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)..11..2854111244664167
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..11..2....1..11..........5
Wasting Diseases:—
Premature Birth91937110711..11..........121
Congenital Defects155....2023321....11..134
Injury at Birth3......3......................3
Want of Breast-milk..........2....................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4061019752717111014666374186
Tuberculous Diseases:—
Tuberculous Meningitis............13311114..217
Do. Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica..........333..231111..18
Other Tuberculous Diseases......11121115341....20
Erysipelas......221..1................4
Syphilis....1..121..1..............5
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1....12........121121111
Convulsions9533205432546433463
Bronchitis..2215115676714104672
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia11114744756115610978
Suffocation, overlaying3......3913121..........20
Other Causes8..43155..11..1..111..26
1713228412729853574767534438524440865