[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch] page 69

Shoreditch 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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TABLE IV.

INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH

during the year 1912.

Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age

(see note (a)).

CAUSE OF DEATH.		Under Week.	1-2 Weeks	2-3 Weeks.	3- 4 Weeks	Total under 1 1 Month	1-3 Mont hp	3-6 Months	6-9 Months	9-12 Months	Total Deaths under 1 year.
All causes	Certified	86	22	91	10	139	912	78	77	65	451
All causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Smallpox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	9	9	19
Scarlet fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping-cough		..	..	..	..	..	4	..	7	5	20
Diphtheria and Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2	3
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	3	..	5	2	13
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	3
Other Tuberculous Diseases.		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	2	2	5
Convulsions		3	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	9
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Bronchitis		..	..	..	..	..	7	..	7	4	20
Pneumonia (all forms)		..	..	..	..	..	9	11	11	11	45
Diarrhœa		..	..	..	..	..	3	11	11	6	31
Enteritis		..	..	..	..	..	9	15	10	8	42
Gastritis		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	..	4	..	1	1	9
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	, ,	1	..	1	2
Suffocation, overlying		5	..	..	..	8	12	5	..	1	26
Injury at birth		1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Atelectasis		5	..	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	5
Congenital Malformations (c)		5	5	2	..	12	1	1	..	1	15
Premature birth		50	5	10	2	67	7	..	1	1	76
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus		14	5	4	4	27	27	16	5	6	81
Other causes		3	2	..	..	5	4	3	7	2	21
		86	22	21	10	139	92	78	77	65	451

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Nett Births in the year—Legitimate 3,443, illegitimate 86. Nett Deaths
in the year of legitimate infants 443, illegitimate infants 8.