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Southgate 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

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TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1907. 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 Months.5—6 Months.6—7 Months.| 7—8 Months.| 8—9 Months.9—1C Months.10—11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes—
Certified1333..19311222223....37
Uncertified............................
i. Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)..................................
Whooping Cough..........1......................
ii. Diarrhceal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms....1..1..........1211....6
Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis..........1....................1
Gastritis, Gastro-Intestinal Catarrh..................................
iii. Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth61....7......................7
Congenital Defects32....5....1..1............7
Injury at Birth..2......2......................2
Want of Breast-milk,Starvat'n Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1..1..2..1..................3
iv. Tuberculosis Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tubes Mesenterica..........................1....1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................1..........1
v. Other Causes—
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions........................1......1
Bronchitis....1..1........1............2
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia................1........1....2
Suffocation, overlying..................................
Other Causes1......11....1..............3
1333..19311222223....37

Population (estimated to the middle of 1908) 32,000
Births in the year
legitimate 655
illegitimate 4
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants 37
illegitimate infants 0
Deaths from all causes at all ages 240