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Lambeth 1905

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1905

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Table: Local Government Board. Table V.BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Local Government Board. Table V.BOROUGH OF LAMBETH.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Week-2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Mouths.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 Cause*—
Certified15949343127310870737562554837454940935
Uncertified2561133103S64431...3479
Common Infectious Disease s—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............1.........1...2147319
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Membranous Croup........................11...13...219
Whooping Cough.........114154242343740
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms......1...l9151313967356592
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)1...14611141281276566699
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...3...14443212...121...24
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1051612613993...1.....................152
Congenital Defects1314...1852423.........1......35
Injury at Birth6......17.................................7
Want of Breast-Milk11...2432322......1.........17
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus311078561967155923...42128
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis......1121131213......5120
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica......1...14...413111...1...17
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............11113221...1215
Erysipelas...11...22...1......1...............6
Influens......1...1............2..................3
Syphilis...11136333...2......11...22
Rickets..............................11......2...4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............12...3...22......2315
Convulsions11621203226351241251
Bronchitis...31l514845845142161
Laryngitis........................1............1......2
Pneumonia.........224...13123345533
Suffocation, overlaying4111731412..................18
not overlay ing...............11......1...............25
Other Causes
Congestion of Lungs.....................13...............1...5
Broncho-Pneumonia...6...178375358632464
Atelectases8...1110...11........................12
Dentition....................................3231...9
Empyaema....................................1.........1
Intussusception...1......1......1...111...1......6
Adrenal Hœmorrhage..................1...........................1
Appendicitis1.........1.................................1
Intestinal Obstruction...............1............1...............2
Heat Strokes.......................................1......1
Septic Erythema...............1..............................1
Tonsillitis...............1..............................1
Dyspepsia.....................1...1...1............3
Jaundice21......3.................................3
Accident (falling ceiling)..............................1...............1
Retro Pharyngeal Abscess..............................1...............1
Hypertrophy of Pylorus..................1...........................1
Pyloric Stenosis..................1...........................1
Tetanus...1......1.................................1
Thruth................1..............................1
Icterus...2......2.................................2
Hepatic Congestion....................................1.........1
Orchitis...............1..............................1
Cyanosis11......2.................................2
Cirrhosis of Liver..............................1...............1
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District of Lambeth Borough—Population (estimated to middle of 1905), 313045.
Births in the year, 8835.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 4896.