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Table: WHITECHAPEL DIVISION.TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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WHITECHAPEL DIVISION.

TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.

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.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.	Certified	47	5	16	5	73	39	17	15	14	18	10	16	13	17	9	7	248
All Causes.	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	2	1	1	10
	Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	. .	..	2
	Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	..	2	..	6
Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhœa, all forms	..	1	1	..	2	6	3	4	1	3	1	2	..	..	1	..	23
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	..	..	1	2	3	6	5	4	3	2	3	3	1	1	1	..	32
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	3
Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	21	..	2	..	23	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	25
	Congenital Defects	9	..	1	2	12	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	15
	Injury at Birth	9	..	..	..	9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	4	..	..	..	7	7	2	2	2	1	2	..	1	2	2	..	28
Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	5
	Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
OtherCauses.	Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
	Convulsions	..	..	..	..	3	4	..	1	1	..	1	1	1	..	..	..	12
	Bronchitis	..	..	..	1	6	3	..	1	..	1	..	2	2	..	..	1	16
	Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
	Pneumonia	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	1	1	4	2	4	1	7	2	3	28
	Suffocation, overlying	1	..	1	..	2	3	3	..	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	11
	Other Causes	1	2	3	..	6	2	1	..	..	2	1	..	1	1	..	..	14
		47	5	16	5	73	39	17	15	14	18	10	16	13	17	9	7	248

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Births in the year
legitimate, 2,253
illegitimate, 49
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,212
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 80,874
Deaths in the year of
legitimate infants, 234
illegitimate infants, 14

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Stepney 1908

Table: WHITECHAPEL DIVISION.TABLE V.Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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