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Table: LIMEHOUSE 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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LIMEHOUSE 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 Monthc.	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.
AllCauses.	Certified	13	8	12	7	70	38	29	32	26	21	14	20	13	16	29	22	330
AllCauses.	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Common Infectious Diseases.	Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	4	1	1	3	1	11
	Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2
	Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	..	3	4	5	25
Diarrhœal Diseases.	Diarrhoea, all forms	..	..	..	..	..	7	9	12	12	6	4	4	..	6	2	..	73
	Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	2	..	8
	Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	4
Wasting Diseases.	Premature Birth	31	..	..	1	32	4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	36
	Congenital Defects	5	1	5	1	12	2	3	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	2	..	8
	Injury at Birth	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	5	1	3	..	9	4	6	6	..	6	2	1	1	1	1	..	37
Tuberculous Diseases.	Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	1	1	1	..	6
	Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	6
Other Causes.	Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Syphilis	..	..	..	1	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
	Pickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
	Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	1	..	..	..	..	4
	Convulsions	..	1	..	..	4	3	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	1	..	11
	Bronchitis	..	4	..	..	5	4	2	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	4	..	18
	Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
	Pneumonia	..	..	1	..	1	3	1	1	..	2	1	4	4	..	10	..	39
	Suffocation, overlying	..	..	..	1	1	4	1	3	4	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	15
	Other Causes	..	1	1	2	4	2	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	9
		43	8	12	7	70	38	29	32	26	21	14	20	13	16	29	22	330
District(or Sub-division) of Limehouse		Population, estimated to middle of 1908																58,822
Births in the year	legitimate 1,900	Deaths in the year of											legitimate infants					1,305
Births in the year	illegitimate 26												illegitimate infants					15
Deaths from all causes at all ages, 1,185.													illegitimate infants					15

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Stepney 1908

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