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38 infantile mortality.
TABLE 29.
Causes of Death at Ages under One Year.
Small-pox
1903.
Borough.
St. Mary.
St. John.
North-West Persons.
Paddington.
m.
f.
m.
F
m.
f.
1903.
Average.
1893-1902.
...
...
...
...
...
...
0
Measles
2
2
...
1
...
1
6
11
Scarlet Fever
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
Whooping Cough
8
9
1
1
3
2
24
22
Diphtheria
...
...
...
...
...
4
Diarrhoeal Diseases
31
21
1
1
3
5
62
114
Syphilis
4
1
...
1
...
1
7
7
Tubercular Diseases
8
8
2
...
...
2
20
29
Premature Birth
24
17
1
6
3
2
53
70
Congenital Malformation
7
5
1
3
...
...
16
22
Injury at Birth
1
...
1
...
...
1
3
2
Dentition
2
...
...
1
1
...
4
9
Rickets
...
...
1
...
...
1
2
1
Atrophy and Debility
21
20
2
2
6
...
51
58
Convulsions
10
5
1
2
1
...
19
27
Respiratory Diseases
32
23
4
2
3
5
69
87
Accident and Violence
4
6
...
1
1
...
12
17
Other Causes
15
18
1
3
2
...
39
40
All Causes
160
136
16
24
23
20
388
521
Births Registered
1,248
1,235
194
188
216
221
3,302
3,468
Diarrheal Diseases.
The total number of deaths from these diseases was 87 (46 of the deceased being males
and 41 females), viz., : " Diarrhoea and dysentery," 41 deaths; " epidemic or zymotic enteritis,"
33; and "enteritis," 13. Appended are the complete figures for the last three years. The
deaths previous to 1901 were scheduled in a different form, and corresponding figures are
not available.
Diarrhoea and Dysentery
Epidemic Enteritis
Enteritis
Totals
Totals
(Persons)
All ages
Under 1 year
All ages
Under 1 year
All ages
Under 1 year
All ages
Under 1 year
All ages
Under 1 year
1901.
m. f.
41 49
37 40
23 22
21 21
3 4
3 2
67 75
61 63
142
124
1902.
m. f.
34 21
29 15
13 11
10 8
8 12
5 3
55 44
44 26
99
70
1903.
m. f.
23 18
20 14
17 16
15 13
6 7
6 5
46 41
41 32
87
73