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East Ham 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]
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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. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes— | Certified | 81 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 141 | 37 | 30 | 35 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 386 |
| Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | |
| i. Common Infectious -Diseases. | Small Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | |
| Whooping Cough | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 33 | |
| ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. | Diarrhoea, all forms | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 33 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 14 | |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | Premature Birth | 36 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 57 |
| Congenital Defects | 10 | 2 | — | — | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | |
| Want of Breast Milk, Starvation | — | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 16 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2— | — | — | — | — | — | — | 45 | |
| iv. Tuberculous Diseases. | Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | |
| v. Other Causes. | Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Syphilis | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | |
| Convulsions | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 33 | |
| Larnygitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | — | 2 | 4 | 38 | |
| Suffocation (overlying) | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | |
| Other Causes | 11 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 50 | |
| 81 | 20 | 25 | 15 | 141 | 37 | 30 | 35 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 386 | ||
Births in the year—Legitimate, 3,629 ; Illegitimate, 61. Males 1,878; Females 1,812.
Deaths from all Causes at ail Ages, 1,504. Deaths of Infants in the year—Legitimate, 369; Illegitimate, 17.