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14
Suicide—
(Males, 78 (Drowning), 78 (Coal Gas Poisoning),
77 and 49 (Aspirin poisoning), 48
(Lysol Poisoning), and 36 (Fall from
roof) 6
Infant Mortality.
There were 17 deaths amongst infants under one year of age
and the Infant Mortality rate based on 1,000 live births was 25·3.
Of these deaths 12 occurred in the neonatal period, 4 occurred in
illegitimate children all in the neonatal period. The neonatal
mortality rate was 17·9. The comparative infant mortality rates
for London and England and Wales were 29 and 32 respectively.
The causes of death were:—
Prematurity:
(All at ages of less than 1 day) 5
Pneumonia:
(At ages of ii, 7, and 4 months, 2 weeks) 4
Birth Injuries:
(At ages of 1 week, 1 day, and 5 minutes) 3
Congenital Malformations:
(At the age of 23 days) 1
Gastro enteritis:
(At the age of 4 months) 1
Influenzal Pneumonia:
(At the age of 1 month) 1
Meningitis (B.Coli):
(At the age of 5 days) 1
Inhalation Asphyxia:
(At the age of 5 months) 1