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City of London 1908

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

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Table: City of London. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

City of London.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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

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

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.Certified322181]213i1...18
Uncertified...................................................
1. Common Infectious Diseases.Small.pox...................................................
Chicken.pox '...................................................
Measles....................................1.........1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheriaincluding Mem.branous Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms...................................................
Enteritis, Muco.enteritis, Gastr.eonteritis......1...1.................................1
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh...................................................
iii. Wasting Diseases.'Premature Birth2.........2.................................2
Congenital Defects...1113.........2...1...............6
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast.milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...................................................
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis...................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
v. Other Causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis...........................11...............2
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............1............1...............2
Suffocation (overlying)...1......1...1...........................2
^ Other Causes1.........1........................1......2
3221811...213••11......18

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Total Births in the year 277.
Population 19,252.
(Estimated to middle of 1908.)
Births in the year
legitimate 264
illegitimate *13
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 18
illegitimate infants 0
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 243
* In 3 cases only did the mother belong to the City. Of the remaining 10 the mothers were all non.citizens, confined in
City Institutions, viz., 2 in St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and 8 at the Infirmary, Robin Hood Court.