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Walthamstow 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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TABLE VIII.

Causes of Deaths.Under 1 Week1-2 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 Months11-1? MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.
All CausesCertified69251421129212117101316111510107280
Uncertified11
COMMON INFECTIOUS DISEASES.' Small-Pox——
Chicken-Pox
Measles1112229
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria; Croup1
Whooping Cough441432321
DIAR RHCEAL DISEASES.Diarrhoea, all forms131312112
Enteritis, Muco Enteritis, Gastro Enteritis.113117
Gastritis, Gastrointestinal Catarrh ...112
WASTING DISEASES."Premature Birth41744561_158
Congenital Defects52711110
Injury at Birth5166
Want of Breast-milk11
Atrophy, Debility,
Marasmus53551868522111I45
Asthenia: Inanition92111313
TUBERCULOUS DISEASES.Tuberculous Meningitis112
Tuberculous Peritonitis:
Tabes Mesenterica .11114
Other Tuberculous
Diseases11
OTHER CAUSES. "Erysipelas
Syphilis111
Rickets11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)5
Convulsions2624141111119
Bronchitis1221242211I19
Laryngitis22
Pneumonia212521222222222
Suffocation, overlaying1112116
Other Causes111473111114
69251421129212117101316111610107281

District (or sub-division) of Walthamstow.
Births in the year
legitimate, 3310.
illegitimate, 59.
Population.
Estimated to middle of 1909,
136,602.
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages. 1205.