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Woolwich 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE IV B.

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906.

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 1 Year.
All Causes—
Certified872326101463125212620261821221221389
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............1..................11...47
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough..................2112......2...1110
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms......123376489101094881
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enterits......1121...21...11111...11
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...............1......2.....................3
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth54127275102111..................90
Congenital Defects941...1411...21..................19
Injury at Birth5.........5....................................5
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...............1......1.....................2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus84622044241111......38
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tubuculous Meningitis.................................1...1215
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica...............1..................1......13
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................2..................2116
Other Causes—
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis2...1141............1............6
Rickets.................................1............5
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................21......11......5
Convulsions5...1...61...13271...2......23
Bronchitis......3...31444261...22332
Layringitis................................................18
Pneumonia......11212212...242......18
Suffocation (overlaying)1.........1.........1.....................2
Other Causes33411141......11111223
872326101463125212620261821921221389

Population (estimated to middle of 1906):—127,345. Births in the year -Legitimate, 3,448 ; Illegitimate, 76.
Deaths in the year of:—Legitimate Infants, 368 ; Illegitimate Infants, 21.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,666 nett.