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City of London 1907

[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 1907.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

City of London.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1907.

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.Certified3...227342...33...11......24
Uncertified...................................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria{including mem branous croup}...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................12...............3
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..................1...........................1
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...................................................
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh...................................................
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth...............1..............................1
Congenital Defects1.........12...1...........................4
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation......................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1.........1......2......1..................4
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
V. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions......112...1..............................
Bronchitis......1...1...1......1............1......4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia....................................1.........1
Suffocation (overlying)...................................................
Other Causes1......12...............1...............3
3...227342...33...11......24

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Total Births in the year 268.
Population 20,310.
(Estimated to middle of 1907.)
Births in the year
legitimate 255
illegitimate 13*
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 22
illegitimate infants 2
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 258
» In two cases only did the mother belong to the City. Of the remaining eleven the mothers were all non-citizens confined in
City Institutions, viz., one in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and ten at the Infirmary, Robin Hood Court.