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Orsett 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orsett]

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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.1-2 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.Certified17553303978653433384
Uncertified2......2......................2
Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox..................................
Chicken-pox..................................
Measles..................................
Scarlet Fever..................................
Diphtheria: Croup..................................
Whooping Cough..................................
Diarrhœal Diseases.Diarrhœa, all forms ........121542511323231
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)................1......11....3
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh........................1........
WastingDiseases.Premature Birth1242119......................19
Congenital Defects..................................
Injury at Birth..................................
Want of Breast-milk..................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus21..14..2..2..21......112
Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous Meningitis..................................
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..........1....11............3
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................................
Erysipelas..................................
Syphilis..................................
Rickets..................................
Meningitis {not Tuberculous)..................................
Convulsions2......2......1..1..........4
Bronchitis1..1..21..1..............14
Laryngitis..............1................1
Pneumonia............11....11........4
Suffocation, overlaying..................................
Other Causes2..1..3..1..1..............5
19553323978653433386
Births in the yearLegitimate, 641.Deaths in the yearLegitimate, 82.
Illegitimate, 17.Illegitimate, 4.
Population, estimated to middle of 1906, 22,740.Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 311.