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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 VII. (c) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. WALHAM 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 Months10—11 Months.11-l2 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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Common Infectious diseases Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...1......1............1.........1...14
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough.....................11.........1.........3
Diarrhœal diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms...............43212122...1...18
Enteritis (not Tuberculous).............................................11
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
Wasting diseases—JJ
Premature Birth6.........6.................................6
Congenital Defects1...1...21..............................3
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...............1..............................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...11...2.........1...2...............5
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis.............................................11
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1........................1
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...............3......1.....................4
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................1......1............2
Convulsions......112............11.........2...6
Bronchitis...1......11.........1......11......5
Laryngitis.......................................1......1
Pneumonia..................1............1............2
Suffocation, overlaying1.........1.................................1
Other Causes2......13.........1...1.........1...6
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Births in the year—Legitimate, 348; illegitimate, 11.
Population—13,360.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 238.
(Estimated to middle of 1905.)