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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, 1906.Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1906.

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 I Year.
All CausesCertified1092845212038672635143474138422537751
Uncertified2.........2.................................2
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................352423524
Scarlet Fever..........................................1...1
Diphtheria: Croup..............................2......1...14
Whooping Cough1......12...5......155...33428
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa (all forms)......21317101517148511954118
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)......112139127744342471
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...............1...51...............1...8
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth51131117662...........................84
Congenital Defects354...12322.........1...2......22
Injury at Birth31......4.................................4
Want of Breast-milk2......24222...2..................12
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus103772791410533231......77
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...............12...26
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................1.........1...1...14
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......122......3211
Erysipelas...............2...111..................5
Syphilis......1...111........................25
Bickets...............1......11......12...17
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...323153...220
Convulsions521...8411...............2...117
Bronchitis......4378614245221244
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia1243101199113611763692
Suffocation (overlaying)1312218631112.........1...33
Other Cause2218...3125332321...2...56
1112845212058672635443474138422537753

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Births in the year
Legitimate 5458
Illegitimate 286
Population estimated to the middle of 1906 237149
Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Including inmates of extra Borough Institutions 2332
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 3747
(Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough.)