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Romford 1909

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

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TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1909.

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 Months5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified1153322526535233157
Uncertified
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox................................................................
Chicken-pox................................................................
Measles................................................................
Scarlet Fever................................................................
Diphtheria: Croup................................................................
............................................1....113
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms............................1....3....................4
Enteritis, Mucoenteritis
Gastro-enteritis........1....1............3....1................5
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh................................................................
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth532111........................................11
Congenital Defects1............11........1........................3
Injury at Birth1............1........................................1
Want of Breast-milk..............................................................
Starvation
Atrophy, Debility,....................211........1................5
Marasmus
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Men ingitis................................................1......1
Tuberculous Peritonitis ; Tabes Mesenterica............11........................................1
Other Tuberculous....................1....1....................1....3
Diseases
Other Causes.Erysipelas................................................................
Syphilis................................................................
Rickets................................................................
Meningitis....................................................1....1
(not Tuberculous)
Convulsions2........13........................11........5
Bronchitis............................1........1....1........3
Laryngitis................................................................
Pneumonia....1........1........11....1................4
Suffocation,................................................................
overlaying
Other Causes21........3111........1................7

Population estimated to middle of 1909, 24,054.
Births in the year, legitimate, 629 ; illegitimate, 12.
Deaths in the year, legitimate, 57 ; illegitimate, 0.
Death from all causes at all ages, 263.