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Leyton 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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41
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth
39
1
9
2
51
4
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–
–
–
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–
–
–
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55
Congenital Defects
12
3
1
2
18
1
–
–
1
–
1
–
–
1
1
–
23
Injury at Birth
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Want of Breast Milk, Starvation
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
3
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
3
2
7
1
13
14
2
2
6
2
3
–
–
–
–
–
42
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
3
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes
Mesenterica
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
1
Other Tuberculous Diseases
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–
3
Other Causes—
Erysipelas
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Syphilis
–
–
1
–
1
3
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
5
Rickets
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
2
–
–
3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
1
1
–
1
–
4
Convulsions
3
1
–
–
4
1
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
1
1
–
11
Bronchitis
–
1
1
–
2
1
1
5
3
–
2
–
2
1
–
–
17
Laryngitis
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
1
Pneumonia
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
4
5
–
1
12
Suffocation, overlying
–
–
–
1
1
–
1
2
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
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4
Other Causes
1
2
–
–
3
–
1
2
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
8
Totals
58
11
19
.
9
97
31
12
20
15
7
11
7
14
17
4
9
244
Births in the Year
Legitimate 2918
Illegitimate 61
Deaths in the Year
Legitimate infants 223
Illegitimate infants 21
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 244
Birth Rate, 24 6.
Population, Estimated to Middle of 1909 121,200
Infantile Mortality Rate, 819.