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Ruislip-Northwood 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ruislip]

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Table: Ruislip-Northwood Urban District.TABLE IV. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913,Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Ruislip-Northwood Urban District.

TABLE IV. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913,

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

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.19-12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertified..............................
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet fever..............................
Whooping-cough..................11......2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...1......1...............
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia (all forms) ...............................
Diarrhœa..............................
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth..............................
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..............................
Other causes..............................
Totals...1......1...2.........
Nett Births in the vearlegitimate122.Nett Deaths in the year oflegitimate infants3
illegitimate2.legitimate infant-