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West Ham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE—V.
Infantile Mortality during the year 1906.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1 to 2 Weeks. | 2 to 3 Weeks. | 3 to 4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1 to 2 Months. | 2 to 3 Months. | 3 to 4 Months. | 4 to 5 Months. | 5 to 6 Months. | 6 to 7 Months. | 7 to 8 Months. | 8 to 9 Months. | 9 to 10 Months. | 10 to 11 Months. | 11 to 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes- | |||||||||||||||||
| Certified | 223 | 58 | 51 | 35 | 367 | 119 | 105 | 120 | 106 | 110 | 93 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 61 | 58 | 1,367 |
| Uncertified | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Common Infectious Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | |||||||||||||||||
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 |
| Diphtheria : Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ... | 2 | 25 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Diarrhœa, all forms | ... | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 49 | 58 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 25 | 25 | 413 |
| Muco- and Gastro-Enteritis | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 35 |
| Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh. | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 10 |
| Wasting Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Premature Birth | 114 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 148 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 165 |
| Congenital Defects | 23 | 1 | 3 | ... | 27 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 29 |
| Injury at Birth | |||||||||||||||||
| Want of Breast-milk | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ||||
| Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 56 | 23 | 19 | 11 | 109 | 34 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 276 |
| Tuberculous Diseases— | |||||||||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis : | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | 20 |
| Tabes Mesenterca | |||||||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | |||||||||||||||||
| Syphilis | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 |
| Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 7 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ... | 17 | ||||||
| Convulsions | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 42 |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 68 |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pneumonia | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 80 |
| Suffocation, overlaying | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 27 |
| Other Causes | 18 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 76 |
| 228 | 58 | 51 | 35 | 367 | 119 | 105 | 121 | 106 | 110 | 93 | 76 | 76 | 76 | 61 | 58 | 1368 |