[Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough and Port.

  • Plymouth (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1908
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Credit: [Report 1908] / Medical Officer of Health, Plymouth Borough and Port. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFANTILE MOFTALITY DURING THE YEAR igo8. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age. CAUSE OF DEATH. oo 1 Under 1 week : E | 1-2 weeks (/) <D <D & CO CM 24 : 5 ! 3-4 weeks Total under l month : oo 1 1-2 months : 5 1 2-3 months : oo 1 3-4 months (/i -G G O £ i rh 27 ■ 5 1 5-6 months : £ | 6-7 months 15 1 7-8 months : 5 1 8-9 months C/1 •3 a o £ r-H ck 9 i o 1 10-11 months 5 1 11-12 months Total Deaths under 1 year All (Certified . 115 351 L auses 1 u nccrimcu Common Infectious 1 • Diseases— Rmall-pov Chir.ken-pov | Measles 1 Scarlet Fever Diphtheria: Croup Whooping Cough ••• 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Diarrkoeal Diseases— Diarrhoea, all forms i 1 2 5 9 8 8 3 1 7 3 2 l I 50 Enteritis ••• o 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 18 (not tuberculous) Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh ... ... 1 1 ... 2 1 1 1 ... 1 ... ... ... 7 Wasting Diseases— Premature Birth ... If. 1 1 44 2 1 i Congenital Defects d U 3 15 2 1 * * ■ 1 8 Injury at Birth 2 2 2 Want of Breast-milk ... Atrophy, Debility, Maras- mus 2 3 l 5 ii 8 8 4 4 1 2 i 3 42 Tuberculous. Diseases— Tuberculous Meningitis 1 i 1 2 1 ... i Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica 3 Other Tuberculous Diseases i i 2 4' Erysipelas ... Syphilis 1 1 0 1 5 1 5 1 12 Rickets — Meningitis ... i 2 4 (not tuberculous) A Convulsions 2 1 3 1 7 2 3 2 2 • •• i ... i i 1 20 Bronchitis ... 2 2 4 4 7 3 6 3 3 2 3 i i 4 41 Laryngitis 1 ] Pneumonia ... 2 3 4 2 1 4 1 2 2 0 24 Suffocation, overlying 4 1 5 1 1 7 Other Causes 9 i 2 4 15 5 i 2 2 2 1 ... 2 i i 1 33 i 1 1 l ! 1 I 1 1 under 1 year