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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. (D) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. MARGRAVINE 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{Certified177553412119652734122107
{Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious diseases
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................11...11...4
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...1.............................................
Whooping Cough...1......111.........11...12...8
Diarrhœal diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms...............37224...2222127
Enteritis (not Tuberculous).....................1...1..................4
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh.........11.........1.....................2
Wasting diseases—JLJL.........20
Premature Birth11422191..................20............
Congenital Defects...................................................
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus412183...1..................1...13
Tuberculous diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..........................................1...1
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........................................1...1
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...............11...........................2
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1.....................1...
Convulsions...1......1......1........................2
Bronchitis...............1..................1...1...3
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..................123......3......1...10
Suffocation, overlaying.........1111...........................3
Other Causes2...1...31...1........................5
177553412119652734122107

Births in the year—Legitimate, 681; illegitimate, 128.
Population—18,112.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—301.
(Estimated to middle of 1905.)