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Merton 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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Table: TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age (See notes to Table IV.)

TABLE V.—Infantile Mortality During the Year 1909.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age (See notes to Table IV.)

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 Months11-12 Months. |Total Deaths under One Year
All CausesCertified 17...................................................
Uncertified................................................
i. Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...................................................
Chicken-Pox...................................................
Measles.......................................1......1
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...................................................
ii. Diarrhœal Diseases. (See Notes to Table IV)Diarrhoea, all forms.......................................l......1
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis.........1.....................1............2
Gastritis, Gastro- intestinal Catarrh).....................1........................1
iii. Wasting „ Diseases.Premature Birth...................................................
Congenital Defects (See Notes to Table IV.)2...2......1...........................5
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, 1. Starvation)...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus)...............111........................3
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis (See Notes to Table IV....................................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica...................................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases)...................................................
(See Notes to Table IV.)...................................................
v. Other CausesErysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions...................................................
Bronchitis...................................................
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............1..................1............
Suffocation, overlying...................................................
Other Causes...............1..............................1
2...215332.........112......17

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Population (estimated to middle of 1909), 14,197.
Births in the Year Legitimate, 334; Illegitimate, 2. Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 16 ; Illegitimate infants, 1,
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 100.