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Hackney 1907

Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1907

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The following table gives the causes of deaths of infants under one year old:—

Cause of Death.Under I 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 1 under 1 Year.
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..........1........22121414
Scarlet Fever..............................11
Diphtheria: Croup......................1........1
Whooping Cough....134141234425131
Diarrhceal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms..........7684353534351
Enteritis..........12211..2..1....10
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..11..21..1..........1....5
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth85111241125121..............121
Congenital Defects2134••283............2......33
Injury at Birth41....5......................5
Want of Breast-milk, starvation1......11....................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus21744361813671............81