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Table VII.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1—2 Weeks. | 2—3 Weeks. | 3—4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1—2 Months. | 2—3 Months. | 3—4 Months. | 4—5 Months. | 5—6 Months. | 6—7 Months. | 7—8 Months. | 8—9 Months. | 9—10 Months. | 10—11 Months. | 11—12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Common infectious diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
Scarlet fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
Whooping cough | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | |
Diarrhoeal diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Diarrhoea, all forms | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | I | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | ||||||
Enteritis, muco-enteritis, | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | — | 3 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 20 | ||
gastro-enteritis Gastritis, gastro-intestinal | |||||||||||||||||
catarrh | |||||||||||||||||
Wasting diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
Premature birth | 40 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | i | — | 1 | — | — | — | 64 |
Congenital defects | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
Injury at birth | 4 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
Want of breast-milk, starvation, improper food | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
Debility from birth | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 19 |
Marasmus | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 15 |
Neglect | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous diseases — | |||||||||||||||||
Tuberculous meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 6 |
Tuberculous peritonitis, tabes mesenterica | _ | — | — | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |