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Ilford 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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Table IV.—Infant Mortality.

1923. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1 weeks & under 3 months.3 months and' under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox...………………………
Chicken-pox…………………………
Measles…………………………
Scarlet fever…………………………
Whooping Cough……………………22
Diphtheria and Croup…………………………
Erysipelas………11…………1
TuberculousMeningitis…………………………
Abdominal Tuberculosis…………………………
Other Tuberculous Diseases…………………………
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)…………………l…l
Convulsions1l……2…………2
Laryngitis…………………………
Bronchitis……...…………………
Pneumonia (all forms)…………1l3…27
Diarrhœa……………l………1
Enteritis……………l6……7
Gastritis…………………………
Syphilis………………1……1
Rickets…………………………
Suffocation (overlying)…………………………
Injury at birth………………………...
Atelectasis…………………………
Congenital Malformations3………3l……15
Premature birth16ll…18l2……21
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1…2…3…3…17
Other Causes5l……63…l111
Totals2634I348152766