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London County Council 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]

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The report of the Inter-departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration contains a table
prepared by Dr. Tatham, Superintendent of Statistics in the General Register Office, showing the
deaths in each month of the first year of life of infants in London in the year 1902. These figures are
the only ones available, but they may none the less be conveniently stated in life table form showing
the probability of living for one month and the number of survivors at the beginning of each month of
age out of 100,000 born. The results thus obtained may be seen from the following table:—

Table: London,1902.Infant Mortality.Life table for the, first12months of life (based on the mortality during the year1902.)

London,1902.

Infant Mortality.

Life table for the, first12months of life (based on the mortality during the year1902.)

Age-period. XRegistered deaths.Probability of living for ouo month. Px/1Number living at the beginning of each month of age. lx_
0-1 month5,438.95817100,000
1-2 „1,979.9841295,817
2-3 „1,510.9877094,295
3-4 „1,379.9886493,135
4-5 „1,138.9905392,077
5-6 „1,028.9913691,205
6-7 „1,062.9909990,417
7-8 „1,011.9913889,602
8-9 „1,018.9912788,830
9-10 „918.9920688,055
10-11 „917.9920087,356
11-12 „909.9920186,657
0-1 year18,307-85,965

Table: Deaths1 under one year of age registered in London during the52weeks of1904.

Deaths1 under one year of age registered in London during the52weeks of1904.

Small-pox4Premature Birth2,639
Cow-pox2Meningitis (not tubercular)316
Measles (Morbilli)553Epilepsy4
Scarlet Fever17Convulsions1,120
Influenza37Paraplegia, Disease of cord6
Whooping-cough637Nervous System (other diseases)52
Diphtheria62Heart and blood-vessel diseases17
Cerebro-spinal Fever3Croup (not spasmodic nor membranous)6
Enteric Fever2Bronchitis1,277
Epidemic Diarrhoea (infective Enteritis)2,347Pleurisy3
Diarrhoea, Dysentery1,374Respiratory Diseases (other)121
Tetanus20Tonsillitis, Quinsy3
Venereal Disease279Enteritis (not epidemic)362
Pneumonia1,719Gastro-Enteritis344
Erysipelas59Peritonitis11
Septicaemia14Cirrhosis of liver2
Pyaemia11Liver Diseases (other)2
Other infective conditions87Digestive Diseases (other)355
Tuberculous Phthisis71Nephritis, acute5
" Phthisis"15Bright's Disease, Albuminuria3
Tuberculous Meningitis270Urinary System (other diseases)5
Tuberculous Peritonitis160Generative organs (diseases of)7
Tabes Mesenterica142Other Diseases3,422
Tuberculous Diseases (other)225Suffocation in bed533
Scrofula5Accident (other)141
Rheumatic Fever2Homicide26
Sarcoma4

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' See footnote (2) page 7.