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Brentford 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]

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TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1907.

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-I2 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All causes.
Certified17431251043113414..258
Uncertified1......1......................1
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles....................11........2
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria : including Membranous Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..............................11
Diarrhœal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms..............1................1
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis..........11............1....3
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth14..1151....................16
Congenital Defects2......2................1....3
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation..................................
Atrophy, Debilitv, Marasmus21....3......................3
Tuberculous Diseases —
Tuberculous Meningitis........................1......1
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica......................1........1
Other Tuberculous Diseases................1..............1
Other Causes—
Erysipelas..........1....................1
Syphilis..1....1............1........2
Rickets..................................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)............1..................1
Convulsions..11..22..2................6
Bronchitis....2..231......11..1....9
Laryngitis..........................1....1
Pneumonia..........1......1..........13
Suffocation, overlying..1....111......1..........4
Other Causes..................................
Totals184312610431134140259

Births in the year, legitimate and illegitimate 519
Deaths in the year of legitimate and illegitimate infants 59
Deaths from all causes at all ages .. 309
Population, estimated to middle of 1907 16050