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City of London 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

Table: City of London. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

City of London.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. 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.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified111...1132182351...24142
Uncertified...................................................
Common InfectiousSmall-pox....................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles..........................................1...1
Scarlet Fever....................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................................112
Diarrhœa, all forms..............................1...............1
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............1...2......1...............4
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh........................1.....................1
Premature Birth9.........9...11........................11
Congenital Defects1.........1.................................1
Wasting Diseases.Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility. Marasmus...1...12......3..................1......
Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................1........................
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...........................1..................1
Convulsions...........................11.........1...3
Bronchitis.....................1......11............3
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...........................11......2......4
Suffocation (not overlaid)1.........11...1........................*3
Other Causes...................................................
111...1132182351...24142
* ()ne sleeping alone in a eot; one during an attack of syncope; and one "suffocation," no evidence how caused.

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Total Births in the year 302.
Population 22,425.
(Estimated to middle of 1905.)
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 313