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28
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.
Table 5.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
All
Causes.
Certified
Uncertified
1
1
1
Common
Infectious
Diseases.
Small-pox
Chicken-pox
Measles
Scarlet Fever
1
1
Diphtheria: Croup
Whooping Cough
1
1
1
1
2
6
Diarrhœal
Diseases.
Diarrhœa, all forms
8
2
2
5
4
2
2
1
3
1
2
32
Enteritis
(not Tuberculous)
1
2
3
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal
Catarrh
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
8
Wasting
Diseases.
Premature Birth
17
1
1
2
21
2
1
24
Congenital Defects
4
4
1
5
Injury at Birth
3
3
3
Want of Breast-milk
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus
3
1
1
3
8
3
3
1
15
Tuberculous
Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningitis
1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica
1
1
1
1
1
5
Other Tuberculous
Diseases
1
1
Erysipelas
Syphilis
Rickets
1
1
1
Meningitis
(not Tuberculous)
1
2
1
1
5
Convulsions
4
3
1
8
1
1
1
1
1
13
Bronchitis
1
1
2
3
2
1
3
1
13
Laryngitis
1
1
Pneumonia
4
3
4
1
1
3
1
21
Suffocation, overlaying
1
1
2
Other Causes
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
9
32
6
2
7
47
22
14
10
18
11
12
6
7
11
6
8
172