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Table: Table XXVIII. Showing the Chief Causes of Infantile Mortality in the twelve years, 1896-1907, and in 190S.

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Table XXVIII. Showing the Chief Causes of Infantile Mortality in the twelve years, 1896-1907, and in 190S.

Cause of Death.		Years.												VIean 12 years.	1908	D ffer-ence.
Cause of Death.		1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	VIean 12 years.	1908	D ffer-ence.
i. Common Infections Diseases.	Small-pox	..	1	..	..	..	1	4	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	- 1
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	67	12	65	27	42	37	24	29	51	27	36	27	37	24	- 13
	Scarlet Fever	2	1	2	..	2	2	1	1	1	..	1	..	1	3	+ 2
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup	10	6	6	3	5	7	1	4	2	2	3	1	4	4	..
	Whooping Cough	103	58	67	66	68	38	76	63	30	51	30	53	59	29	- 30
ii Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhoea, all forms	125	138	220	208	148	143	72	83	200	149	171	73	144	80	- 64
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	62	65	105	159	67	70	43	46	20	53	92	49	69	52	- 17
	Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrah	10	8	9	13	21	21	23	22	18	15	14	9	15	7	- 8
iii. Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	169	174	191	187	176	169	194	174	178	163	144	164	173	167	- 6
	Congenital Defects	40	39	30	21	36	48	33	47	43	48	59	47	41	51	+ 10
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	7	3	2	2	1	5	2	7	6	4	5	8	4	4	..
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	242	256	244	285	221	188	192	183	177	138	134	137	200	138	- 62
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	28	23	29	30	25	24	20	20	10	19	20	17	22	13	- 9
	Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica	64	55	48	30	25	26	25	20	20	24	17	17	31	14	- 17
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	22	20	20	27	28	19	23	30	16	12	12	23	21	13	- 8
	Erysipelas	5	2	..	6	3	2	3	4	3	1	3	3	3	4	+ 1
v. Other Causes.	Syphilis	6	17	12	7	17	10	11	10	11	13	9	5	11	13	+ 2
	Rickets	5	6	4	8	2	5	3	1	4	3	5	..	4	2	- 2
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	21	27	25	62	19	23	16	18	10	19	18	10	18	13	- 5
	Convulsions	74	60	46	62	57	68	69	47	47	38	24	16	51	15	- 36
	Bronchitis	141	129	129	124	119	104	116	90	78	77	82	83	106	39	- 67
	Laryngitis	5	4	5	2	4	5	2	4	1	3	..	1	3	..	- 3
	Pneumonia	129	86	87	112	118	123	134	109	101	107	108	153	113	106	- 7
	Suffocation, overlying	51	39	48	45	43	39	46	15	25	14	22	23	34	23	- 11
	Other Causes	102	109	110	108	97	113	86	108	88	94	79	77	98	80	- 18
		1,490	1,338	1,504	1,548	1,344	1,290	1,219	1,136	1,140	1,074	1,083	996	1,263	894	- 369

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Table: Table XXVIII. Showing the Chief Causes of Infantile Mortality in the twelve years, 1896-1907, and in 190S.