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Lambeth 1909

Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1909

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Table: Local Government Board. TABLE V. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. INFANTILE MORTALITY (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR, 1909. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Local Government Board. TABLE V. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. INFANTILE MORTALITY (CORRECTED) DURING THE YEAR, 1909. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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—
Certified1563236262508563645433405339273735780
Uncertified10221159452511131350
Common Infectious Diseases—
Chicken Pox..............................1...............1
Measles..............................143...6721
Scarlet Fever........................1.....................1
Diphtheria: Croup...1......11...1...1..................4
Whooping Cough..................463126675444
Continued Fever...................................................
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms, including Cholera and Dysentery...123671915108108461599
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis......1...11123...221.........13
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh, Ileo-Colitis..................1.........1...............2
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth102755119912........................131
Congenital Defects12...141731311...121......30
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-Milk, Starvation...11...2.....................1...1...4
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2491054820129146343212124
Tubercular Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis...............2...11...1......24112
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...............2...511112.........13
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........112...23...124......116
Other Causes—
Influenza......1...1...............1......1......3
Erysipelas.....................1............1.........2
Syphilis131...56741......12...1128
Rickets...........................11...1...2...5
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).........11...111...21......2...9
Convulsions432...95431412............29
Bronchitis1...4278345135252348
Pneumonia1...1241133...21.........318
Suffocation, over-lying212...51..............................6
Pleuro-Pneumonia...................................................
Broncho-Pneumonia...21251262293104412574
Dentition..............................13311413
Eczema......2...2..............................2
Intestinal Obstruction...1......1211.........1............6
Jaundice and other diseases of the liver......1...12..............................3
Accident (other than suffocation)22...15...1...1...1...1.........9
Atelectasis51......62..............................8
Causes not classified above12231188445532...1...252
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