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Chelsea 1911

Annual report for 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XIV.—(IV.) INFANT MORTALITY.—1911. NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.

TABLE XIV.—(IV.) INFANT MORTALITY.—1911. NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1—3 months.3—6 months.6—9 months.9—12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..............134
Scarlet Fever....................
Diphtheria and Croup................11
Whooping-cough..........111..3
Diarrhœa..........676524
Enteritis....314..77321
Tuberculous Meningitis..........121..4
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)............1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Congenital Malformations (c)2..11451....10
Premature Birth13..2116........16
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus22....4632..16
Atelectasis....................
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Erysipelas....................
Syphilis....1..11..l..3
Rickets....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1......1..1....2
Convulsions11....2........2
Gastritis..........11....2
Laryngitis............1....1
Bronchitis....1..1..5118
Pneumonia (all forms)......11232412
Suffocation, overlying..........12....3
Other causes....3..31....15
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Nett Births legitimate 1174
in the year illegitimate 64
Nett Deaths legitimate infants 132
in the year of illegitimate infants 7
NOTES TO TABLE IV.
(a) The total in the last column of Table IV. should equal the total in column 10 of Table I., and in
column 3 of Table III.
(b) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are to be included deaths from Tuberculous Peritonitis and Enteritis and
from Tabes Mesenterica.
(c) The total deaths from Congenital Malformations, Premature Birth, Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus,
should equal the total in Table III. under the heading Congenital Debility and Malformation
including Premature Birth.
Want of Breast Milk should be included under Atrophy and Debility.
(d) For references to the meaning of any other headings, see notes attached to Table III.
In recording the facts under the various headings of Tables I., II., III. and IV., attention has been given
to the notes on the Tables.