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London County Council 1914

Annual report of the Council, 1914 Vol. III public health...

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Table: Report of the County Medical Officer—General.

Report of the County Medical Officer—General.

Cause of death.lrnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.0-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
Common Infectious Disease ft—
Small-pox——————————
Shieken-pox——————I337
Measles—2——.2102076170276
Spnrlet, Fever——————26311
Diphtheria and Hrnnn——3—.386222864
Whooping-cough1—38127898100127403
Diarrheal Diseases— Diarrhoea, all forms1121613423364603042141,314
Enteritis (not tuberculous)8182220683304122361771,155
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh343G164927159100
Wasting Diseases— Premature Birth1,330189117771,7221,88443751,939
Congenital Malformations14759242025031740119377
Atelectasis1731312132112294——233
Injury at Birth105431113113——113
Want of Breast-milk Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus24011711003530890317103751,385
Tuberculous Diseases— Tuberculous Meningitis—1114394452140
Abdominal Tuberculosis———112430261696
Other Tuberculous Diseases—_11217242939109
Erysipelas—_25717107337
Syphilis1321232481158391812227
Rickets159722
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)—31—420343826118
Convulsions65442922160209544418325
Bronchitis91935268928616011289647
Laryngitis———11441413
Pneumonia17202829943262742913031,194
Suffocation, overlaying658171110121379123307
Other causes114474732240370148127103748
Total (All Causes)2,3005804963743.7505,9032,3301,6411,49511,369

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Causes of
death of
infants
under one
year of age.

Table: Comparison may be made between the number of deaths from the several causes in 1914 °f and those in antecedent years by reference to the following table •—

Comparison may be made between the number of deaths from the several causes in 1914 °f and those in antecedent years by reference to the following table •—

Cause of death.1905. 52 weeks.1906. 52 weeks.1907. 52 weeks.190S. 53 weeks.1909. 62 weeks.1910. 52 weeks.1911. 52 weeks.1912. 52 weeks.1913. 53 weeks.1914. 52 weeks.Deaths in 1914 in excess or defect of t lie corrected average for 1905-13.
Diminution in 1914.Excess in 1914.
Small-pox——————1—————
Chicken-pox33531045337—3
Measles389420400333503391531371323276103—
Scarlet Fever3418352420106108116—
Diphtheria and Croup52595367603053495064—15
Whooping Cough623502746469524 ,60242442933640376—
Diarrhoea3,4234,4681,7902,7091,8491,5364,4431,2302,5052,569—106
Enteritis (not tuberculous) Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh
Premature Birth2,4232,2082,2992,1972,1222,0861,9701,9761,9381,93945—
Congenital Malformation Atelectasis547613645705667657! 472 \ 175397 175421 216377 233—21
Injury at birth99113117110113108123112114113—8
Want of Breast-milk2,2812,1301,9221,8431,8251,6821,7381,3841,4801,385290—
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
Tuberculous Meningitis27324123925920317921116214014947—
Abdominal Tuberculosis1922251531681451299978949635—
OtherTuberculousDiseases28424626425518814214812610410970
Erysipelas645052354832262030371
Syphilis271233226229216186172172188227—32
Rickets7967585145543824312224—
Meningitis (not tnbereulous30030221024617017418312513411870—
Convulsions803660603520495475428374422325165—
Bronchitis1,2761,0431,284982960843847710840647256_
Laryngitis25231518151317139132_
Pneumonia1,4901,3351,6291,4311,3341,4421,3341,1861,4721,194113—
Suffocation, overlaying46241742141732232126130128930723_
Other causes1,0041,00997988585275180469371174843—
Total16,39716,38514,14513,95612,68611,84714,50910,12011,85811,369Net diminution 1,182
Number of births125,939124,880121,408122,898116,559115,190111,738110,358112,637109,667