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Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 30.
(DR. TATHAM'S.)
Mortality among legitimate and illegitimate infants, respectively, in the year 1902. Average rates of death from various causes, under one year, per 1,000 births (a) in London and (b) in the following Eural Counties: Buckingham, Cambridge, Cornwall, Hereford, Huntingdon, Lincoln, North Wales, Norfolk, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, South Wales (less Glamorgan), Suffolk, Westmoreland, Wilts. Estimated Rural population in 1902 4,279,175.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | London. | Rural Counties. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |||||
| Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | |
| All Causes | 151.2 | 289.3 | 118.7 | 264.1 | 125.6 | 190.2 | 98.8 | 166.1 |
| Small Pox | •2 | ... | •1 | ... | .0 | ... | .0 | ... |
| Measles | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 1.5 |
| Scarlet Fever | .2 | •4 | •2 | •4 | •2 | ... | •1 | ... |
| Diphtheria and Croup | •8 | .4 | •6 | •4 | •4 | .4 | •3 | ... |
| Whooping Cough | 6.1 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| Erysipelas | •2 | •4 | .4 | .4 | •2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Diarrhæa, Dysentery, Cholera, Enteritis | 20.6 | 48.6 | 16.3 | 47.9 | 9.0 | 14.1 | 6.3 | 13.9 |
| Syphilis | 1.9 | 19.7 | 1.1 | 9.5 | •4 | 3.2 | •5 | 4.0 |
| Rickets | 1.0 | 4.2 | .6 | 1.7 | •5 | 1.4 | .5 | 1.5 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 7.9 | 18.0 | 6.5 | 13.8 | 4.9 | 6.4 | 3.3 | 6.2 |
| Meningitis, Convulsions | 13.7 | 20.6 | 10.0 | 20.3 | 18.7 | 26.5 | 13.7 | 23.0 |
| Laryngismus Stridulus | .4 | •8 | •3 | ... | .3 | .7 | •2 | ... |
| Bronchitis, Laryngitis | 13.5 | 18.0 | 10.5 | 17.3 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 16.8 |
| Pneumonia | 17.1 | 18.5 | 13.1 | 17.7 | 11.4 | 13.1 | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| Diseases of Stomach and Liver | 2.5 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 3.9 | .20 | 2.9 |
| Premature Birth | 23.1 | 34.4 | 17.4 | 33.7 | 20.3 | 30.4 | 15.9 | 19.7 |
| Congenital Defects .. | 6.4 | 9.6 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Teething | 1.7 | 5.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
| Atrophy, &c. | 17.2 | 50.8 | 12.8 | 45.7 | 20.4 | 41.7 | 16.9 | 36.9 |
| All other causes | 12.6 | 26.9 | 10.7 | 25.2 | 9.1 | 19.7 | 6.6 | 16.3 |
Note.—.0 indicates that the deaths were too few to give a rate of .05 per 1,000.