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St Pancras 1906

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

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Table: St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1904.Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1904.

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 CauseCertified166455132291119885653484951£0453737927
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox.............................................11
Measles......1...1...1...1...16554125
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................1...1...11...1...16
Whooping Cough......1...1164...2423...1529
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa (all forms)...1269211711131011116986132
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)111...3614455124745574
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...............221212121......14
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth9113131112891......1......1.........140
Congenital Defects10331174...312......1.........28
Injury at Birth2.........2.................................2
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2687647191512972...2121117
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.........111.....................11...4
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...............6332221...3...123
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1112212...12215
Erysipelas.........11.................................1
Syphilis121...441...........................9
Rickets........................1......13...117
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............3423221316128
Convulsions537...15412...1...241......30
Bronchitis......5279642434662558
Laryngitis1.........1..................1............2
Pneumonia135110176786513574693
Suffocation (overlaying)52...2975211...............126
Other Causes239513854...2231241163
16645513229411988565348495150453737927

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Births in the year
Legitimate 5790
Illegitimate 326
Population estimated to the middle of 1904 237088
Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Including inmates of extra Borough Institutions 2271
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 4129
(Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough.)