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Paddington 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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78
deaths of infants under one year.

Table: TABLE VII.Deaths of Infants under One Year.L. G. B.

TABLE VII.

Deaths of Infants under One Year.

L. G. B.

Groups.Weeks.Months.Totals, under One Year.
0—1—2—3—0—1—2_3—4—5—6—7—8—9—10—n— 119071902-06
m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.
I.Smallpox......................................................................................................0...
Chickenpox......................................................................................................00
Measles............1.........1.................................1............2......21...24566
Scarlet Fever................................................1.............................................1...10
Diphtheria....................................................................................1.........1...00
Whooping Cough..................1...1...1112......2............1...2l2......112291177
II.Diarrhoea (all forms)......1...1...113173222...22322...1...3............11...26114736
Enteritis......1.........1...2...11111...1.........1...1.........11............9374
III.Premature Birth30185154114124511.........................................................47253325
Congenital Defects114......2......5321...............1..........................................7567
Injury at Birth3.....................3.....................................................................3...31
Want of Breast Milk1...1...............2...2...............................................................5...32
Atrophy, Debility1...............3...4...53...1...23...1.........12........................1581710
Atelectasis41..................41..................................................................4132
Debility at Birth23...1111146...1............................................................47106
IV.Tubercular Meningitis........................1............1..................212...111.........1...7335
Tabes Mesenterica..............................1......1......1......1..............................2...4231
Other Tubercular Dis........................................1...2..................1........................21541
V.Erysipelas......1...............1..................1........................1.....................2111
Syphilis...............1...2...3...1......11...1...1......1...........................2743
Rickets..................................................................1............1...............110
Meningitis......................................................................................................23
Convulsions122...1...1...521.........................................................1...7299
Bronchitis............1.........1...45...11...133...2...2.........1...211...21101510
Laryngitis.....................................................................1...........................1......
Pneumonia.........1......1...112522...23...412...233......12...2...23152216
Suffocation (overlaid)1...............21312...3...1..................1..............................9266
Other Causes22...2............24.........11.........31...1111......1.........18101413
All Causes4627155108126834633221413781571461041291053484107219135228175
Averages—1002-06402810910977675325212112201515131391410138118111188107228175

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Population—
(estimated 1907
149,542.
Births registered
within Borough
1907.
Legitimate —M. 1,511
F. 1,440
Illegitimate—M. 75
F. 48
1902-06.
1,574 (Totals—M. 1,586
F. 1,488
1,526
77
71 P- 3,074
1907.
1,651
1,597
3,248
1902-06.
Deaths—
all causes, all ages
1907.
1902-06.
2,014 ... 1,978