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Chiswick 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

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TABLE V.

CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT.

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.11-12 months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified16933311089666105473105
Uncertified...1......1...1.........1......1......4
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............1...............1......114
Scarlet fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping cough..................1111...12......18
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms.........1123...2...13122...17
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh...............1.........1..................2
Wasting Diseases.Premature birth821112.................................12
Congenital defects1.........11......1.....................3
Injury at birth...................................................
Want of breast-milk.........11......1........................2
Atrophy, debility, marasmus21......32121............11...11
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous meningitis.....................1........................1
Tuberculous peritonitis: Tabes mesenterica...................................................
Other tuberculous diseases..................1.........1...1......14
Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................1......1......2
Convulsions561...121...2.........1......1...17
Bronchitis......1...1............11.........1...4
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............232...224......1...16
Suffocation, overlying...1......1...............1......1......3
Other causes........................11......1.........3
161033321099667105573109

Births in the year—915.
Deaths from all causes at all ages—109.
Population, estimated to middle of 1907—35,970.