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St Pancras 1909

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

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Table: St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 1909.Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

St. Pancras.—Infant Deaths, 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 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—2 Months.2—3 Months.3—i 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 CausesCertified ...1422023141995850473027173132273319570
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox ......................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..................11......252311328
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough.........11......1............123...8
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea (all forms)...............78426...32...3...35
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...1...34746223...132139
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...............1...211......2.........7
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth77932915..............................96
Congenital Defects1212...151......1......1...11...21
Injury at Birth.........11.................................1
Want of Breast milk...12...32121...1...............10
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus145632810141365112...2183
Tuberculosis DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis..................1......1...2.........17
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...........................11...............2
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............11...............2......18
Erysipelas......1...1.................................1
Syphilis.........1141...1.....................8
Rickets.....................1............1.........3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)......1...1...221...14122320
Convulsions11......22...32.........1...1...12
Bronchitis1...22526...112362...230
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia1141710677344978779
Suffocation (overlaying)3.........31221......1............10
Other Causes3312...36532132322......62
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Births in the year
Legitimate 5022
Illigitimate 216
Population estimated to the middle of 1909 237,247
Excluding non-residents in Hospitals 500
Including inmates of extra Borough Institutions 2430
Deaths from all causes at all Ages 3521
(Excluding non-residents and including residents dying outside the Borough.)