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Paddington 1909

Report on the vital statistics and sanitary work for the year 1909

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deaths of infants under one year. 93

TABLE VII. Deaths of Infants under One Year. L. G. B.

Groups.Weeks.Months.Totals, under One Year.
0—1—2—3-0-1—2-3—4—5—6—7—8—9—10—11—19091904-08
m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.nl.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.
Not Certified...1.....................1.....................................................................111
I.Smallpox............................................................................................................
Chickenpox......................................................................................................0...
Measles..............................1...........................1.........1.........21227355
Scarlet Fever....................................................................................1.........1...10
Diphtheria......................................................................................................00
Whooping Cough.................................1...1...11.........1241...1.........1......6856
II.Diarrhœa (all forms)1...1.........l...3...15...l3...l2131...1111.........2......12154332
Enteritis....................................3111...1111......1............1.........7594
III.Premature Birth241517...1l1262422......1......1..........................................29273424
Congenital Defects411......1116323111.........1...............2.....................13769
Injury at Birth2.....................2.....................................................................2...31
Want of Breast Milk1.....................1...1............2................................................2232
Atrophy, Debility......21...11...3232223...1............2......1.....................138167
Atelectasis32..................32..................................................................3233
Debility at Birth83......1...1...103...22l1............1....................................13798
IV.Tubercular Meningitis................................................1.................................l.........2...43
Tabes Mesenterica................................................1...............1.................................21
Other Tuberculous Dis..............................................1........................1...1.........1...3132
V.Erysipelas.................................................................................1...............l10
Syphilis11..................1131...1......................................................4344
Rickets....................................................................................1.........1...10
Meningitis......1...............1...............1.........1......11......1...11.........5322
Convulsions...22...............22.........1............l...1......11.........1.........6476
Bronchitis...1.........l111323...l...2...1l2...l...31......121......7181211
Laryngitis..................................................................1...........................1......0
Pneumonia............1...1...2...]11212...1221...22...4...1231...13182115
Suffocation (overlaid)...2.....................21l1.........................................................2375
Other Causes21.........4...1221...2...l1......11l...111111...2...111101412
All Causes, 190946298824746345182112121310569107611109825121043165146
1904-083829108988865532821201214131411159128108951298896216163

Population— 151,437
(estimated) 1909
1909. 1904-08.
Births registered M. 1,481 1,542
within Borough F. 1,414 1,484
1909. 1904-08.
Deaths- M. 923 941
all causes, all ages F. 1,041 1,005