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Deptford 1924

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table No. XI.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

Infantile Mortality, 1924. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 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 1-months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes558757529162634180
Small Pox....................
Chicken Pox....................
Measles................6..
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..............32..
Diphtheria and Croup..........1........
Influenza....................
Erysipelas..........1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis................22
Abdominal Tuberculosis......................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........1....23
Meningitis (not tuberculous)....................
Convulsions4......42..1..7
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1....1312411
Pneumonia (all forms)....12397121445
Diarrhœa..........122..5
Enteritis....1..122128
Gastritis....................
Syphilis....................
Rickets..................11
Suffocation, overlaying1......1........1
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Atelectasis7....18........8
Congenital Malformations72....91......10
Premature Birth2634..3321....36
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus621110533..21
Other Causes2......21..216
Influenza......11••......1
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