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Camberwell 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: TABLE V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total Under 1 month.1 to 2 months.2 to 3 months.3 to 4 months.4 to 5 months.5 to 6 months.6 to 7 months.7 to 8 months.8 to 9 months.9 to 10 months.10 to 11 months.11 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified...................................................
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..................1.........22.........49
Scarlet Fever.......................................1113
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).............................................22
Hooping Cough..................3...33111...4723
Diarrhœal Diseases :—
Diarrhœa, all forms2......1345141411117564–90
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis11...135111...41121424
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh21......3.........1.....................4
Wasting Diseases :—
Premature Birth821194106422........................114
Congenital Defects13211172..............11...1...22
Injury at Birth8.........8.................................8
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation111...31..............................4
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus22693401811113832311...101
Tuberculous Diseases:—
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................2.........113..18
Do. Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica..................2...1111............6
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............113231......4...217
Erysipelas...1......11...11.....................4
Syphilis11114431......1...............13
Rickets..................1.................–......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)11...13...264112123227
Convulsions1185226124...3352311464
Bronchitis11...2473637567...3859
Laryngitis11.....2.................................2
Pneumonia23...5105...96518788976
Suffocation, overlying3...1...43521111.....2...20
Other Causes7113122342232142239
Other Causes15839282424969476245454037313231I 52740