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Woolwich 1908

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Table: TABLE IV b .Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908 (53 Weeks).Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

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TABLE IV b .

Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908 (53 Weeks).

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—
Certified
Uncertified
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3	..	..	..	4	1	1	..	1	13
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhœa, all forms	..	..	..	1	1	1	4	5	6	2	1	3	6	6	2	2	39
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gas-tro-enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	2	7
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	4
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth	50	5	3	4	62	6	2	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	72
Congenital Defects	13	..	2	1	16	2	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	20
Injury at Birth	3	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	3
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	4	2	4	3	13	7	2	1	2	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	27
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	1	1	..	4
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	2
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..	..	..	1	1	1	6
Other Causes—
Erysipelas	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Syphilis	1	1	..	..	2	1	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2
Convulsions	4	3	..	1	8	1	1	..	1	..	..	3	1	..	2	..	17
Bronchitis	1	..	4	..	5	3	4	2	3	1	3	1	..	1	2	3	28
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pneumonia	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	2	2	6	3	1	2	4	24
Suffocation, overlying	..	..	1	..	1	2	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	5
Other Causes	1	2	2	..	5	2	1	1	..	1	1	..	2	1	..	1	15
Reduced to year of 52 weeks	78	13	16	11	118	30	23	14	18	9	12	20	13	14	13	14	298
Reduced to year of 52 weeks	76	13	16	11	116	29	22	14	17	9	12	19	13	14	13	14	292
Population, Estimated to middle of 1908, 127,648. births in the year: Legitimate, 3,021. Deaths during the year: Legitimate infants, 298 Illegitimate infants, 20. Illgitimate, 61. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1,516,

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Table: TABLE IV b .Infantile Mortality during the Year 1908 (53 Weeks).Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.