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City of London 1912

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the City of London for the year 1912

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(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Local Government Board.)

Table: City of London. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

City of London. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912. 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 Month?.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.Certified3.........312...1.........2...1...10
Uncertified...................................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles........................1.....................1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria including Mem branous Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
ii. Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms...................................................
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...............1..............................1
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh..................1...........................1
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2.........2.................................2
Congenital Defects1.........1.................................1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...................................................
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis...................................................
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...................................................
Suffocation (overlying)...................................................
Other Causes..................1...............2.........3
3.........312...1.........2...1...10

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Total Births in the year 387.
Population 18,695.
(Estimated to middle of 1912.)
Births in the year
legitimate 371
illegitimate *16
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 10
illegitimate infants 0
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 178
* In three of these cases only did the mother belong to the City.