[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

Wakefield (England). City Council.

Date:: 1915

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Credit: [Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$TABLE IV. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1915. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age. AS 1 • Cause of Death. O) tH to AS a> 0 CQ 44 0 O' to A! U D w A) -pa a 0 to A -pa G 0 CO A -pa G 0 -pa 0 a> ce ijH $.< CD n3 PS (M 1 to _ !=1 0'^ to 1 A> O' 1 CM 1-^ 1 r-H ^ c3 0 to r-l CN] to H T-H tH to vO O' H G All (■Certified 18 8 7 3 36 29 20 15 21 121 Causes 1 Uncertified ) Small-pox Chicken-pox ... Measles Scarlet Fever 1 1 1 3 ‘Whooping Cough 2 1 3 Diphtheria and Croup 'Erysipelas i Tuberculous Meningitis Abdominal Tuberculosis 1 1 2 \ ^Other Tuberculous Diseases ... 1 1 Meningitis [not Tuberculous) ... Convulsions 1 2 1 4 3 1 8 Laryngitis Bronchitis 1 1 2 5 2 6 16 Pneumonia (all forms) 1 1 3 5 6 8 23 Diarrhoea 2 1 1 4 Enteritis 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 7 Gastritis 2 2 1 1 4 Syphilis Rickets 1 1 1 Suffocation, overlying Injury at Birth Atelectasis 3 3 1 4 Congenital Malformations 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 6 Premature Birth 9 2 3 14 6 20 Atrophy, Debility, & Marasmus 2 1 3 6 3 2 14 Other Causes 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 Totals 18 8 7 3 36 29 20 15 21 121 Nett Births in the year : Legitimate 981 ; Illegitimate 50. Nett Deaths in the year of : Legitimate Infants 114 ; Illegitimate Infants 7.$

[Report 1915] / Medical Officer of Health, Wakefield City.

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