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Holborn 1920

Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health

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TABLE III. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks3-4 WeeksTotal under 4 Weeks4 Weeks and under 3 Months3-6 Months6-9 Months9-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified111141715119355
Uncertified
Small Pox
Chicken Pox
Measles11
Scarlet Fever
Whooping Cough112
Diphtheria and Croup
Erysipelas
Tuberculous Meningitis
Abdominal Tuberculosis
Other Tuberculous Diseases11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)11
Convulsions
Laryngitis
Bronchitis1113
Pneumonia (all forms)11353214
Diarrhœa
Enteritis112328
Gastritis
Syphilis11
Rickets
Suffocation, overlying111
Injury at birth222
Atelectasis
Congenital Malformations
Premature Birth411729
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus3I437
Other causes11315
111141715119355

Nett Births registered legitimate, - 749 Nett Deaths registered legitimate infants 45
during the calendar year illegitimate 78 during the calendar year of illegitimate „ 10