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Barking 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
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INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1926.
The following table gives the actual causes of death of children dying under one year of age.
Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year :
| Causes of Death. (All causas certified.) | Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total under one year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tubercular Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Other Tubercular diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Meningitis (not tubercular) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bronchitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Diarrhæa | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suffocation, overlaying | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Injury at birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Atelectasis | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Congenital malformation | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 |
| Premature Birth | 3 | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | _ | — | 6 |
| Atrcphy debility and Marasmus | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 |
| Other causes | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 3 | — | 15 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 49 |
Nett Births in the year :—
Legitimate 792
Illegitimate 26
Nett Deaths in the year :—
Legitimate 46
Illegitimate 4