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Orsett 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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TABLE V.

INFANTILE MORTALITYDURINGTHE YEAR 1905.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under

One Year of Age.

CAUSE OF 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.
All Causes.Certified18122235645665217272
Uncertified4..1..5..1....11..........8
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms..........12....323..13..16
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)........11..1..1............4
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................................
WastingDiseases.Premature Birth16......16......................16
Congenital Defects2......2......................2
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1..11311..11..2........9
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..............1....1..........2
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1................1
Erysipelas....1..1......................1
Syphilis................................
Rickets................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................11
Convulsions1......11..11..1..1......6
Bronchitis......1113..213..1..3..15
Laryngitis..................................
Pneumonia..................1........1..2
Suffocation, overlaying1......1......................1
Other Causes1..1..2..1................14
22132285745775217280
Births in the yearLegitimate, 713.population, estimated to middle of 1905, 22,240
Illegitimate, 23.Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 287.