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Shoreditch 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: TABLE IV.INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCHduring the year 1914.Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age(seenote(a)).

TABLE IV.

INFANTILE MORTALITY IN THE BOROUGH OF SHOREDITCH

during the year 1914.

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

(seenote(a)).

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths nnder 1 Year.
All causesCertified76211614127951248367496
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1...61623
Scarlet fever..............................
Whooping-cough.........11475522
Diphtheria and Croup...............2.........2
Erysipelas.........11...1......2
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1124
Abdominal Tuberculosis (b)..................2215
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................4...26
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............111...3
Convulsions...41...10212...15
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1214910......31
Pneumonia (all forms)......1...11413191360
Diarrhœa......1131335151682
Enteritis...1...237125431
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.........11333111
Rickets.....................2...2
Suffocation, overlying313...71271...27
Injury at birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis3.........31.........4
Congenital Malformations (c)33...1723......12
Premature birth503536153......69
Atrophy, Debility and Maras- mus43211012158146
Other causes551213765637
76211614127951248367496