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hundred and twenty-nine children thus died in 1905. Of that
number the lady inspectors have visited 418, and in 374 cases were
able to obtain certain particulars.
(a) Age Incidence and cause of Death.—From the death returns I
have drawn up the following table,* which is divided into three
columns: first, the number of deaths between the time of birth and
the end of the third month (the first trimester of life); in the
second column the number of deaths in the second trimester; and
in the third column the number of deaths in the last two trimesters
of the first year of life. This classification is adopted by the
Registrar-General, and used by me on that account.
Certified Cause of Death.
Months
0-3
Months
3-6
Months
6 12
Total.
Epidemic Diarrhœa 20 23 34 77
Prematurity 67 1 — 68
Marasmus and Debility 31 12 7 50
Bronchitis 16 7 12 35
Pneumonia 7 10 28 45
Convulsions 16 5 9 30
Suffocated in Bed 17 8 4 29
Tuberculosis 1 3 10 14
Measles — 3 3 6
Whooping Cough 2 5 8 15
Miscellaneous 29 10 21 60
TOTALS 206 87 136 429
In this table three things may be seen: first, the chief causes of death
in infancy in Finsbury; secondly, the age incidence of the mortality
*The apparent discrepancy between this table and the one immediately
preceding it is due to the fact that in many instances more than one cause of death
appears on the certificate. In the former table the first disease stated has been
taken, in the latter the disease which in all probability caused death.