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City of Westminster 1913
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Table V, continued.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1913. Victoria Ward. Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under I 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Wliooping Cough .. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Enteritis .. .. k. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
| .Premature birth .. ». | 11 | i | — | 2 | 14 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 |
| Congenital defects | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Injury at birth | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Debility from birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Atrophy, debility, marasmus | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculous meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis, abdominal | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Other tuberculous disease .. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Pneumonia, all forms | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 |
| Dentition | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Convulsions | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other causes .. | 2 | — | — . | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 66 |
Nett Births in the year—Legitimate, 648; illegitimate, 75, Total 723.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 58; illegitimate infants, 8.