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Hornsey 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE V.BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE V.

BOROUGH OF HORNSEY.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 WeeksTotal 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 1 Year.
All CausesCertified224443415652735113587
Uncertified
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox
Chicken-pox
Measles.................................111115
Scarlet Fever
Diphthetia:Croup
Whooping Cough.....................1......11.........14
Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms.....................1...1..................2
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis.........11...1...........................2
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh1......11..............................2
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth15...12181...1........................20
Congenital Defects...............11.....................1...3
Injury at Birth2...1...3............1..................4
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation112...431...12..................11
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis.............................................11
Tuberculous Peritonitis:........................1......1............2
Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................1.........1............2
Other CausesErysipelas...............1..............................1
Syphilis...............1..............................1
Rickets
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2........................13
Convulsions21......3..................1............4
Bronchitis...............3............2............16
Laryngitis
Pneumonia1......1221......3..................8
Suffocation, overlying1.........11..............................2
Other Causes...1......11...1..................1...4
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Registration District, Edmonton. Sub-district, Hornsey.
Population, estimated to middle of 1909, 92,389.
Births in the year
legitimate, 1,481.
illegitimate, 27.
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants. 79
illegitimate infants, 8
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 787.