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West Ham 1913

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

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD—TABLE IV.
Infantile Mortality during the year 1913.

Table: Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages 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 3 Months.3 to 6 Months.6 to 9 Months.9 to 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes-
Certified193443831306194204162118984
Uncertified..............................
Small pox..............................
Chicken-pox.....................1...1
Measles..................24713
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough...............744116
Diphtheria and Croup.....................213
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................32611
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1236
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............12339
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................437
Convulsions541111432121
Laryngitis.....................1...1
Bronchitis...14492319171280
Pneumonia (all forms).........1725252026103
Diarrhœa.........2218443219115
Enteritis......12334514522155
Gastritis...............24118
Syphilis...1113221...8
Rickets..................2321
Suffocation (overlaying)31263...1...10
Injury at Birth7.........7............7
Atelectasis121......13............13
Congenital Malformation15621241011...36
Premature Birth861392110142......126
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus5918187102402866182
Other Causes6...129101110444
Totals193443831306194204162118984