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Merton 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Merton]

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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

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.