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West Ham 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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Table: LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE-V.Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD TABLE-V.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1909.

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-
Certified190505436330112907355625566487153601,075
Uncertified3.........3.................................3
Common Infectious Diseases-
Small-pox
Chicken-pox
Measles........................1129911101053
Scarlet Fever.................................11......13
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).................................1...1...24
Whooping Cough.........116854738667566
Diarrheal Diseases-Diarrhoea, all forms...13...4116111010141951289119
Enteritis, Muco - Enteritis, Gastro-Enteritis......2...2532973...43......38
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh............5212131......1...16
Wasting Diseases-Premature Birth1081513714392...........................154
Congenital Defects1655I274...2...32...............38
Injury at Birth9.........9.................................9
Want of Breast-milk,Starvation......1121.....................1......4
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus452017169833281657342323204
Tuberculous Diseases- Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...11...1...23110
Tuberoulous Peritonitis Tabes Mesenterica.....................224......22...113
Other Tuberculous Diseases...1......11...1122............19
Erysipelas......1...1...............11............3
Syphilis.........11123........................7
Rickets...............1..................1...13
Meningitis (not Tuberalous)...............1...2211......1...210
Convulsions821112...2211233.........26
Bronchitis13731415161164652859101
Laryngitis.................................1............1
Pneumonia...11131013757101011151011112
Suffocation, overlaying3......253...11.....................10
Other Causes3232107675632357465
193505436333112907355625566487153601,078