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Fulham 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Table: TABLE VII.INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.(See Notes at foot of Table IV.)THE BOROUGH.

TABLE VII.

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

(See Notes at foot of Table IV.)

THE BOROUGH.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1 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 CausesCertified1241728251945949524348453631322731647
Uncertified2.........2..............................2
Common Infectious diseases Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...........................12...212210
Scarlet Fever...........................1..................1
Diphtheria: Croup.................................2...2......4
Whooping Cough.........11...12...211...11111
Diarrhœal diseases— Diarrhoea, all forms......325111827242319211741013192
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis Gastro-enteritis1.........13231631121...24
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh.........1114111...2...1......12
Wasting diseases— Premature Birth65996895..............................94
Congenital Defects28222341...2..................1139
Injury at Birth11.........11.................................11
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation.........112..............................3
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus726318893332............147
Tuberculous diseases— Tuberculous Meningitis...............1...1131...11...110
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica......1...1........................11...3
Other Tuberculous diseases......112111......31...3......12
Other Causes— Erysipelas......11.................................1
Syphilis...11132......1.........11...19
Rickets.......................................2......2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............1...2......11......4110
Convulsions3......472......1221121120
Bronchitis1.........13221...2...212319
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia112154542364583352
Suffocation, overlying2......138123......1.........18
Other Causes7221126625332...21345
1261728251965949524348453631322731649

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Births in the year—Legitimate, 224; Illegitimate. 16.
Corrected by distribution of births occurring in Fulham Infirmary.
Deaths in the year of—Legitimate infants, 19; Illegitimate infants, 2.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages—146.
Population—13,000 (estimated to middle of 1906).