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Surbiton 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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Table V.—Surbiton Urban District. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| Cause op 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ail Causes : Certified | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | '6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 36 | |||
| Uncertified | |||||||||||||||||
| Common infectious Diseases : | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | |||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria: Croup | |||||||||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Diarrhoeal Diseases | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhoea, all Forms | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Enteritis, Muco - enteritis, Gastro enteritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh. | |||||||||||||||||
| Wasting Diseases : | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Congenital Defects | |||||||||||||||||
| Injury at Birth | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | |||||||||||||||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis | |||||||||||||||||
| Tabes Mesenterica | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Syphilis | |||||||||||||||||
| Rickets | |||||||||||||||||
| Meningitis (nut Tuberculous) | |||||||||||||||||
| Convulsions | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Bronchitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ||
| Suffocation (overlying) | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Causes | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | l | 10 | 5 | 3 | e | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 36 |
District (or sub-division) of Surbiton. I Legitimate, 350. Population, estimated to middle of 1906, 17,307.
Births in the yrar Illegitimate, 6, Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 153,