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Shoreditch 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE V.

BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.

Infantile Mortality during the year, 1905, showing deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

CAUSE OP DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.34 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 MODtllS2-3 Months3-4 Months4-5 Months5-6 Months6-7 Months7-8 Months8-9 Months9-10 Months10-11 Months11-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified643028141368663504142345237324136650
Uncertified1.........1........................1......2
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................1...3331415
Scarlet Fever.................................2.........13
Diphtheria : Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...............2321224214528
Diarrhoeal Diseases.Diarrhoea, all forms...............51613615111987156121
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...............3732232421231
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh1......121349221311...29
Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth358107607212.....................72
Congenital Defects832...135..............................18
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk......1121...11.....................5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus11842252310102836221294
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis.................................1312310
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica...............421141111......16
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1...1...11...1......5
Erysipelas...1......1.................................1
Syphilis21......3411........................9
Rickets.....................1......11...1......4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............111312......12113
Convulsions412182111......21...1...17
Bronchitis...53197555335434255
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia1...2146631233567955
Suffocation, overlaying211...4115342...1............30
Other Causes123...64......2...2...132121
653028141378663504142345237334136652

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BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH.
Infantile Mortality during the year, 1905, showing deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OP DEATH.
Under
1 Week.
1-2
Weeks.
2-3
Weeks.
34
Weeks.
Total
under 1
Month.
1-2
MODtllS
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
1 Year.
All causes
Certified
64
30
28
14
136
86
63
50
41
42
34
52
37
32
41
36
650
Uncertified
1
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
2
Common
Infectious
Diseases.
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Measles
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
3
3
3
1
4
15
Scarlet Fever
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
1
3
Diphtheria : Croup
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Whooping Cough
...
...
...
...
...
2
3
2
1
2
2
4
2
1
4
5
28
Diarrhoeal
Diseases.
Diarrhoea, all forms
...
...
...
...
...
5
16
13
6
15
11
19
8
7
15
6
121
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)
...
...
...
...
...
3
7
3
2
2
3
2
4
2
1
2
31
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal
Catarrh
1
...
...
1
2
1
3
4
9
2
2
1
3
1
1
...
29
Wasting
Diseases.
Premature Birth
35
8
10
7
60
7
2
1
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
72
Congenital Defects
8
3
2
...
13
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
18
Injury at Birth
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Want of Breast-milk
...
...
1
1
2
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus
11
8
4
2
25
23
10
10
2
8
3
6
2
2
1
2
94
Tuberculous
Diseases.
Tuberculous Meningitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
3
1
2
3
10
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica
...
...
...
...
...
4
2
1
1
4
1
1
1
1
...
...
16
Other Tuberculous Diseases
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
1
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
5
Erysipelas
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Syphilis
2
1
...
...
3
4
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
1
1
...
1
...
...
4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
3
1
2
...
...
1
2
1
13
Convulsions
4
1
2
1
8
2
1
1
1
...
...
2
1
...
1
...
17
Bronchitis
...
5
3
1
9
7
5
5
5
3
3
5
4
3
4
2
55
Laryngitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pneumonia
1
...
2
1
4
6
6
3
1
2
3
3
5
6
7
9
55
Suffocation, overlaying
2
1
1
...
4
11
5
3
4
2
...
1
...
...
...
...
30
Other Causes
1
2
3
...
6
4
...
...
2
...
2
...
1
3
2
1
21
65
30
28
14
137
86
63
50
41
42
34
52
37
33
41
36
652
Births in the year—Legitimate 3861, illegitimate 92. Population, estimated to middle of 1905, 116,939.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 2,296.