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Brentford 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]

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TABLE V.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1908.

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-j Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Montns.5-6 Months.6-7 Months7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11 -12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All causes
Certified133..31911663..1222456
Uncertified..................................
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diplitheria: including Mem branous Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................................
Diarrhoeal Diseases..................................
Diarrhoea, all forms......11..111............26
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis..........51......11......19
Gastritis, Gastro intestinal Catarrah..................................
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth52....71....................8
Congenital Defects2......2..1..................3
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus2......2..18......1........7
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis................1..........1..2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1................
Other Causes —
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions11....21................1..4
Bronchitis1......13..................15
Laryngitis................................
Pneumonia..........111..........2....5
Suffocation, overlying1....23....1................4
Other Causes1......1..1..................2
Totals133031911663012022456

Deaths from all causes at all ages .. .. . „ 241
Population, estimated to middle of 1908 .. .. 16194