[Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough.

  • Darlington (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1918
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Credit: [Report 1918] / Medical Officer of Health, Darlington County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INFANT MORTALITY. 1918 NET DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE. CD CD c/5 V) u 5 g CAUSES OF DEATH. £ U CD d -2 Weeks. c/5 <D CD £ CO C/) 44 CD <D £ otal unde 4 weeks Weeks— 3 Months -6 Months -9 Months rd d o s CM p - 73 « o ^ H § P CM CO H CO CD 05 * 11 f Certified All causes < TT ..n A \ Uncertified 39 1 5 8 1 9 61 2 24 3 25 1 15 1 17 l 142 8 /Smallpox Chickenpox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough .Diphtheria and Croup Erysipelas 1 1 1 1 3 1 7 1 Tuberculous Meningitis .. Abdominal Tuberculosis.. Other Tuberculous Dis- 2 2 eases Meningitis {not Tuberculous) Convulsions 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 9 Laryngitis Bronchitis 3 5 3 11 Pneumonia (all forms) 3 7 5 6 21 Diarrhoea 3 1 1 1 6 Enteritis 1 1 1 2 5 9 Gastritis 2 2 1 5 Syphilis 3 . . 3 Rickets 1 1 1 1 3 Suffocation, overlying 1 1 Injury at birth .. 3 Atelectasis 1 1 1 Congenital Malformations 3 i 1 5 I 1 7 1 Premature birth Atrophy, Debility, and 15 3 4 2 24 1 25 27 Marasmus .. 16 O i 20 6 1 Other Causes 2 1 o 5 3 2 10 Totals 10 5 9 9 63 27 26 16 18 150 Net Births in the year:—Legitimate, 1,219; illegitimate, 95. Net Deaths in the year :—Legitimate infants, 138 ; illegitimate infants, 12.