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St Pancras 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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St. Pancras.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. 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 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 1 Year.
All CausesCertified1493427322429690503864412337363827782
Uncertified5......5......................5
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..................23..322..15
Scarlet Fever..........................1....1
Diphtheria: Croup..........1..............1....2
Whooping Cough......11342432..324129
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms..311591216920948454105
Enteritis {not Tuberculous).1..2141311467221..2954
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh......11..1..................2
Wasting Diseases.8412871116312..............123
Congenital Defects781..1633..1..2..1......26
Injury at Birth1......1......................1
Want of Breast-milk1......1221....11......19
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1556834171372..42321192
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........11....112213113
Tuberculous Peritonitis............21............1..4
Other Tuberculous Diseases..........2....13..2....2..12
Erysipelas..................1............1
Syphilis......11333..11......1..13
Rickets..........................11..2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............113423153..26
Convulsions42..3913..1..11........19
Bronchitis2..l1151144681531..47
Laryngitis..........................1....1
Pneumonia..1541016..74..646119..97
Suffocation, overlaying11..2215563....2..........31
Other Causes283123464..1221423..62
1543427322479690503864412337363827787

Legitimate 5533 Population, estimated to middle of 1905 237150
Births in the year Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Illegitimate 278 Including inmates of Extra-Borough Institutions 2333
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages .. 3728
{Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough).