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Fulham 1905

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905

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Table: TABLE VII. (B) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. LILLIE WARD.

TABLE VII. (B) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. LILLIE WARD.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes{Certified1851327136688497662102
{Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious diseases Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................111............3
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough.......................................1......1
Diarrhœal diseases— Diarrhœa, all forms...............5113213621...25
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............1......2.....................3
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...............1...1........................2
Wasting diseases— Premature Birth101...112.................................12
Congenital Defects1.........1............1..................2
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3311812...1.....................12
Tuberculous diseases- Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...1......21...117
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica....................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...........................12
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...............21...........................3
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................1...............1
Convulsions1.........1............1.........1......3
Bronchitis...1......11...212.........12...10
Laryngitis..........................................1...1
Pneumonia..................12......11...11...7
Suffocation, overlaying1.........1............1...1............3
Other Causes2......131...............1............5
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Births in the year—Legitimate, 655; illegitimate, 25.
Population—23,164.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—373.
(Estimated to middle of 1905.)