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Fulham 1914

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914

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Table: TABLE VIII. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914.

TABLE VIII. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1914.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 Months and under 6 Months.6 Months and under 9 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.
All causesCertified9923151315097102615946921715876119178720503
Uncertified.........................................................
Small-pox.........................................................
Chicken-pox.........................................................
Measles.....................459...124......2...13.0
Scarlet Fever......................................................0.25
Whooping Cough......1...13798282444734...20.0
Diphtheria and Croup.....................123...1...1......1...2.5
Erysipelas.....................1...1............1.........0.5
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...135.........2......3...6.0
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)......................................................4.0
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................3...14......2.........2...9.0
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1..................1...6.0
Convulsions11...1311......5......121......111.0
Laryngitis.....................1...1...1..................0.5
Bronchitis...22...48622221523218...27.0
Pneumonia (all forms)111141317171364...6121414214258.5
Diarrhœa.........1120201012632671324...9287.0
Enteritis.........111021127512104101627...26.0
Gastritis...............31127...1112...113.0
Syphilis...113545...115113...423113.5
Rickets......................................................2.0
Suffocation, overlying2...2...421......72...1...1...3...12.0
Injury at Birth8.........6............6...1...221......9.0
Atelectasis2.........2............2...1...1............14.0
Congenital Malformations23......522......9...2......4...2116.0
Premature Birth7013128681......9531291425421791.0
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1323220149......436145...1015248.0
Other causes2...4288723282555611324.0
9923151315097102615946921715876119178720504.
All causesCertified9923151315097102615946921715876119178720503
Uncertified.........................................................
Small-pox.........................................................
Chicken-pox.........................................................
Measles.....................459...124......2...13.0
Scarlet Fever......................................................0.25
Whooping Cough......1...13798282444734...20.0
Diphtheria and Croup.....................123...1...1......1...2.5
Erysipelas.....................1...1............1.........0.5
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...135.........2......3...6.0
Abdominal Tuberculosis (a)......................................................4.0
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................3...14......2.........2...9.0
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1..................1...6.0
Convulsions11...1311......5......121......111.0
Laryngitis.....................1...1...1..................0.5
Bronchitis...22...48622221523218...27.0
Pneumonia (all forms)111141317171364...6121414214258.5
Diarrhœa.........1120201012632671324...9287.0
Enteritis.........111021127512104101627...26.0
Gastritis...............31127...1112...113.0
Syphilis...113545...115113...423113.5
Rickets......................................................2.0
Suffocation, overlying2...2...421......72...1...1...3...12.0
Injury at Birth8.........6............6...1...221......9.0
Atelectasis2.........2............2...1...1............14.0
Congenital Malformations23......522......9...2......4...2116.0
Premature Birth7013128681......9531291425421791.0
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1323220149......436145...1015248.0
Other causes2...4288723282555611324.0
9923151315097102615946921715876119178720504.

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Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 3,947; Illegitimate, 207.
Nett Deaths in the year of—Legitimate infants, 404;
Illegitimate infants, 65.
(a) Under Abdominal Tuberculosis are included deaths from Tuberculous
Peritonitis and Enteritis and from Tabes Mesenterica.
Want of Breast Milk is included under Atrophy and Debility.