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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. (E) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. MUNSTER WARD.

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

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.45 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.1-2 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.II—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes{Certified2456338281615911149107612175
{Uncertified1.........1.................................1
Common Infectious diseases
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..............................111.........3
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1.........121...2...411
Diarrhœal diseases—JL.
Diarrœha, all forms......1...17665543222245
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............1...1...1...11.........5
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................11........................2
Wasting diseases—1 II OK IoI O n
Premature Birth18241252..............................27
Congenital Defects...............2...1........................3
Injury at Birth2.........2.................................2
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.........22523...1...1............14
Tuberculous diseases—I
Tuberculous Meningitis...........................1...1.........13
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesentorica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1..................1.........2
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...11...211...1............1......6
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................................21......3
Convulsions1.........11111.........1.........5
Bronchitis...............23...1...2...1......413
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...1......11111241114119
Suffocation, overlaying...1......11..............................2
Other Causes4.........4311......1...............10
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Births in the year—Legitimate, 1,216; illegitimate, 40.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages-542.
Population-39,l34.
(Estimated to middle of 1905.)