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St Pancras 1907

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

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St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1907.

Table: Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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.0—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—9 Months.9—10 Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All CausesCertified116412227206814650382229273730263262.1
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles........................1...3...733320
Scarlet Fever.......................................1...23
Diphtheria: Croup.................................1............1
Whooping Cough...............1243325...42733
Diarrhoeal Diseases.' Diarrhoea (all forms)...............5481524222...35
Enteritis {not Tuberculous)1...22573941232...2240
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.....................2.........1............3
Wasting -Diseases.Premature Birth581434794..............................83
Congenital Defects88222041............1............27
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast milk34...2911...1............1......13
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus13584301896431121......75
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...............2......21...121......9
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..............................1...............1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1......1...2.........116
Erysipelas.........111..................1.........3
Syphilis1...124151......1...2.........11
Rickets...............1......1......111......5
Meningitis {not Tuberculous)1......121...522212...2120
Convulsions14...2712...2.....................12
Bronchitis111...38451...31423236
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia2213813109116861013911114
Suffocation (overlaying)12...12152411.....................23
Other Causes1533223101...3111212348
1164122272068146503822292737302632624

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Legitimate 5237 Population estimated to the middle of 1907 237173
Births in the year Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Illegitimate 247 Including inmates of extra Borough Institutions 2356
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 3552
(Excluding non-residents, and including residents dying outside the Borough.)