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Chelsea 1912

Annual report for 1912 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XVIII.—(iv.) INFANT MORTALITY.—1912. NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.

TABLE XVIII.—(iv.) INFANT MORTALITY.—1912. 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 One Year.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..............112
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough..........11215
Diphtheria and Croup..............1..1
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis....................
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)..........11....2
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............2....2
Convulsions..........21....3
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis....2242..118
Pneumonia (all forms)......22522516
Diarrhœa....................
Enteritis......1143....8
Gastritis....................
Syphilis..........11....2
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying1......111....3
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Atelectasis5......5........5
Congenital Malformations (c)1......131....5
Premature Birth913..13........13
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus..21..32......5
Other causes..........11....2
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Nett Births legitimate 1,151 Nett Deaths I legitimate infants 76
in the year illegitimate 59 in the year of illegitimate infants 9
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.