[Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough.

Tunbridge Wells (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1926

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Credit: [Report 1926] / Medical Officer of Health, Royal Tunbridge Wells Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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TABLE IV. INFANT MORTALITY. 1026. Natt Deaths from stated causes at various A^es under 1 Year of Axe. CAUSE OF DEATH. Under 1 Week. 1-2 Weeks 2-3 Weeks 1 3-4 Weeks 1 Total under 1 Month 1-3 Months 3-6 Months 6-9 Months 9-12 Months Total Deaths under 1 Year. 1 Certified ... lU 3 2 _ 15 7 1 3 2 28 All oauscB 1 Uncertified f Small-pox -- ■ - . — — — 1 Chicken-pox — — — — — — — — — — Measles ... — — — — — — i —• 1 j Scarlet Fever — — — -- — — — — — , Diphtheria and Croup ... — Whooping-cough — — — — — — — — — — Diarrhoea — — — — — — — 1 — 1 1 Enteritis — — — -- — 1 — — — 1 ' Tuberculous Meningitis Abdominal Tubercu- — -- — — — — — — losis Other Tuberculous — — — — — — — — — Diseases Congenital Malforma- — — — — — -• — — — -- tions 1 1 — — 2 2 — -- — 4 Premature Birth Atrophy, Debility and 4 — 1 — 5 1 - ' ~ — — 6 Marasmus ... — 1 — — 1 — — — 1 2 Atelectasis 2 — 1 — 3 — — — -- 3 Injury at Birth 3 — — — 3 — — — — 3 Erysipelas Syphilis ... — 1 — —• 1 — —• — —• 1 Rickets ... Meningitis (not Tuber- — — — — — — — ■ - culous) Convulsions — — — — — — — — — —- Gastritis ... — — — — -- 1 — — 1 Laryngitis — — — -- — — — — —■ — Bronchitis -- — — -- — 1 — — — 1 Pneumonia (all forms) ... — — — — —• 1 1 1 1 4 Suffocation (overlying) Other causes , — — — -- — — ' Totals ... 10 3 2 — 15 7 1 3 2 28