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Table V.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1910.
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
Week
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
Uncertified
Common Infectious Diseases —
f
Smallpox
Chickenpox
Measles
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria, Croup
Whooping Cough
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Enteritis
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Gastritis. Gastro-intestinal
Catarrh
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth
2
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Congenital Defects
...
...
...
...
...
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Injury at Birth
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Want of Breast Milk, St'v'tion
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
1
...
...
...
1
1
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
6
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica
Other Tuberculous Diseases
Erysipelas
Syphilis
Rickets
Meningitis (not Tuberculous
Convulsions
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
Bronchitis
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
3
Laryngitis
Pneumonia
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Suffocation overlaying
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Other Causes
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
3
5
3
...
1
9
4
7
1
...
1
...
2
...
2
...
...
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Population (estimated to middle of 1910) District 11,620
,, ,, ,, ,, Asylum 2,735
Births in the Year
legitimate 352
illegitimate 5
Deaths in the Year of
legitimate infants 25
illegitimate infants —
Deaths from all Causes at all Age* 97