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City of London 1906

[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.)
City of London

Table: Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906.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.
AllCauses..Certified52221132...2212121431
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................1.........1......2
Diarrhoea, all forms........................1..................12
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis(not Tuberculous)......1...11..............................2
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh.........11.....................1.........2
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth2.........2.................................2
Congenital Defects...................................................
Injury at Birth1.........1.................................1
Want of Breast-milk......1...1.................................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus.........112......11..................5
Tuberculous, Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..........................................1...1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:Tabes Mesenterica.............................................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases.............................................22
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...1......1.................................1
Bronchitis..................1...........................1
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..............................1...............4
Suffocation (not overlaid)1.........1.................................1
Other Causes11......2.................................2
52221131...2212121430

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Total Births in the year 341. Population 21,368.
(Estimated to middle of 1906.)
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 279