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London County Council 1912

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

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Report of the County Medical Officer—General.
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Infantile mortality in London boroughs, 1901—1911:—

1301.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.19081909.1910.1911.
Paddington12912511112911810510910210096127
Kensington157144138144139132129118111106133
Hammersmith16313813314813013711612012099146
Fulham153149130152145135121116108106125
Chelsea138138135152112132121109106102109
Westminster1311291151151061111021029684103
St. Marylebone13813913013312811910110110199108
Hampstead102868711092787168746178
St. PaDcras146139127143127124106108101102112
Islington13713012212412112511510210294127
Stoke Newington111111116113119103100947963102
Hackney13812112114613212011111510198119
Holborn150163121140118117123112103105115
Finsbury161171152160144160130133131123156
City of London171129135104142104949110959124
Shoreditch195172167186163163149139141146170
Bethnal Green151153140155147156135131129122151
Stepney164149139157142135117132119112144
Poplar165151151151151151124123129118157
Southwark164164145171145145136132120117144
Bermondsey167154156171146154123145139125156
Lambeth14813613514712413211910310893123
Battersea16012413114412812511410610798124
Wandsworth13112610912211712299978677122
Camberwell13813512214212213011410410094109
Deptford143133134143119145106122102122142
Greenwich13414112914312212197122100108128
Lewisham130123921239311488877480104
Woolwich13012410613610211011195828597
London County148140130145130131116113108103129

Infantile
mortality in
London
boroughs.
1901-11.

1912. It will be seen that the total deaths here shown differ slightly from the total in the preceding table derived from the annual summary of the Registrar-General.

Cause of death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.0-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Montlis.Total Deaths under one year.
Common Infectious Diseaies—
Small-pox----------
Chicken-pox------2-13
Measles11351018118225371
Scarlet Fever-----114410
Diphtheria and Croup--11269112349
Whooping-cough1-27109380126130429
Diarrheal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms268112715323312486596
Enteritis (not tuberculous)41217134617920510765556
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh35531642199878
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth1,373187142881,7901,94425431,976
Congenital Malformations158472922256326401615397
Atelectasis13314351551713-1175
Injury at Birth92544105107311112
Want of Breast-milk25010810776541935268119621,384
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus

Causes of
death of
infanta
under one
year of age.
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