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City of London 1909

Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909

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Table: (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.) City of London. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1909.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.) City of London. Infantile Mortality 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.
AllCauses.Certified13.........1333......1...1...13126
Uncertified...................................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria Including Mem branous Croup................................................1
Whooping Cough...............1........................2...3
Diarrhoea, all forms...................................................
ii. Diarrhoeal Diseases.Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,Gastro-enteritis..................2...........................2
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh...............1..............................1
Premature Birth4.........4..............................4
iii. Wasting Diseases.Congenital Defects6.........6.................................6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2.........2.................................2
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.......................................1...2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis.................................1............2
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia................................................1
Suffocation (overlying)................................................1
Other Causes1.........1..............................1
13.........133.........11...13126

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...Total Births in the year 244.
Population 18,193.
(Estimated to middle of 1909.)
Births in the year
legitimate 237
illegitimate *7
Deaths in the year of
Legitimate infants 26
lillegitimate infants 0
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 292
* In one of these cases the mother did not belong to the City.