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London County Council 1906

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

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Table: Infant mortality during the year1906.Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under one year of age(365days).

Infant mortality during the year1906.

Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under one year of age(365days).

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 Manths.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under one year.
Common Infectious
Diseases—
Small-pox­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
Chicken-pox1­­­1­­­­­1­­1­­3
Measles­—314343419304163808287420
Scarlet Fever­­­­­­2­12­2144218
Diphtheria and Croup­­­111­13237610131259
Whooping Cough1158153137293138494849566257502
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms Enteritis (not tuberculous) Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh103870882124204645494964923873833082962322294,468
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1,463223193991,978152412134­221312.208
Congenital Defects290804526441623714149689454613
Injury at Birth100421113­­­­­­­­­­­113
Want of Breast-milk Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus| 360134145124763366297220133916853543328242,130
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis1­124610132431242720252829241
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesen-terica1135102132302318171613191412225
Other Tuberculous­­28101230181630192712232227246
Diseases Erysipelas­2751413354551­­­­50
Syphilis1416241569523327127667644233
Rickets­­­­­3­3583591311767
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)452­1116192424343630233032| 23302
Convulsions1087146262517451374635431924342323660
Bronchitis112550391251531238475848553696454741,043
Laryngitis1­­­1111­252431223
Pneumonia132527319610111396851001211331301321081201,335
Suffocation, overlaying8715191813996634931141335121417
Other causes212677248399107575550554951414946501,009
Total (All Causes)2,6837077225454,6571,6901,4171,2791,0801,08097091784988477478816,385

Table: Comparison may be made between the totals in this table and those of a similar table included in the Annual Report for 1905. The figures of the two years are as follows :—

Comparison may be made between the totals in this table and those of a similar table included in the Annual Report for 1905. The figures of the two years are as follows :—

Period.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.05-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.! 1-12 Months.Total Deaths under one year.
19052,8868086675644,9251,7961,4111,2111,03398393285388084682170616,397
19062,6837077225454,6571,6901,4171,2791,0801,08097091784988477478816,385
Total5,5691,5151,3891,1099,5823,4862,8282,4902,1132,0631,9021,7701,7291,7301,5951,49432,782

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The figures of 1906 differ from those of 1905 in the following particulars. In 1905 the number
of deaths decreased in each successive week of the first month of life ; in 1906 the number of deaths
in the third week exceeded those in the second. In 1905 the decline in successive months was interrupted
by an increase in the number of deaths in the ninth month of life ; in 1906 there was no interruption
until a month later, and another manifested itself in the twelfth month. Explanation of the
increase in the number of deaths in the third week of life in 1906 is to be found in the main in the deaths
from wasting and diarrhœal diseases ; deaths from measles, whooping cough and tubercular disease are
largely responsible for the interruption in the decline in the tenth month, and bronchitis and pneumonia
in the twelfth month. When the total of the two years is considered it is seen that there is decline in