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Leyton 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]
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Table No. V b.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909.
Deaths from Stated Causes as they occurred in the various Wards under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Leyton.
Lea.
Bridge.
Central.
Forest.
Leytonstone.
Grove
Green.
Harrow
Green.
Cannhall.
Wanstead
Slip.
Ward
not
known.
Total
Deaths
under
1 Year.
All Causes.
Certified
12
41
62
31
7
23
23
25
17
3
244
Uncertified
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Chicken-pox
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Measles
–
–
2
–
–
–
1
1
1
–
5
Scarlet Fever
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup)
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
1
Whooping Cough
1
3
5
1
1
–
2
2
–
1
16
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms
–
–
1
1
–
4
–
–
3
–
9
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis,
Gastro-enteritis
1
4
4
–
1
4
2
–
1
–
17
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal
Catarrh
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
1