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Friern Barnet 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Friern Barnet]
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Table V.
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- | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Uncertified | |||||||||||||||||
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria: Croup | |||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all forms | |||||||||||||||||
| Enteritis | |||||||||||||||||
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinnl Catarrh | |||||||||||||||||
| Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Congenital Defects | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast Milk,St'v'tion Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Tuberculous Pertonitis: | |||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | |||||||||||||||||
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | |||||||||||||||||
| Convulsions | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Laryngitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Other Causes | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| 2 | 5 | ... | ... | 7 | 6 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 24 |
Population (estimated to middle of 1907) 10,236.8.
legitimate 195
Births in the Year illegitimate 1
legitimate infants 24
Deaths in the Year of illegitimate 0
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 117.