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Romford 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford RDC]

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TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1908.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.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 CausesCertified94124354352o ri2350
Uncertified ..11i
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox................................................................
Chicken-pox................................................................
Measles................................................................
Scarlet Fever................................................................
Diphtheria: Croup........................................................1....
Whooping Cough................................................................
Diarrhœa, all forms................1........1............2....228
Diarrhœal Diseases.Enteritis, Muco enteritis Gastro-enteritis................................................................
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrh................................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth7........21....1................................11
Congenital Defects....2........................1........................3
Injury at Birth................................................................
Want of Breast-milk Starvation................................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus....1............12........1....................5
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis........................1................................1
Tuberculous Peritonitis; Tabes Mesenterica............................1............2............2
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................1............1........1........3
Other Causes.Erysipelas................................................................
Syphilis................................................................
Rickets........................1............................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................................................................
Convulsions....................................1........................
Bronchitis........1....1........1............................3
Laryngitis................................................................
Pneumonia....1............11....2................1....
Suffocation, overlaying................1........................................1
Other Causes3........................1....2....1............7

Population estimated to middle of 1908, 23,282.
Births in the year, legitimate, 614; illegitimate, 8.
Deaths in the year, legitimate, 48; illegitimate, 4.
Death from all causes at all ages, 237.