[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney] page 11

Hackney 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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Table: The following table gives the causes of deaths of infants under one year old :—

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The following table gives the causes of deaths of infants under one year old :—

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.
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	3	4	2	2	13
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Diphtheria: Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	5	..	2	2	17
Diarrhoeal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms	..	..	..	2	2	9	14	19	20	23	14	11	12	14	9	8	155
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)	..	1	..	..	1	2	1	1	3	1	2	3	3	1	1	..	19
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh	..	1	..	1	2	..	1	1	1	1	1	..	..	1	1	..	9
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth	72	5	6	2	85	9	3	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	99
Congenital Defects	19	4	3	..	26	5	1	2	1	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	37
Injury at Birth	9	1	..	..	10	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10
Want of Breast-milk	..	2	..	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus	23	7	10	6	46	26	12	5	3	2	1	..	..	1	..	1	97