[Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough.

Ashton-under-Lyne (England). Borough Council.

Date:: 1920

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Credit: [Report 1920] / Medical Officer of Health, Ashton-under-Lyne Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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INFANTILE ilOETALITY DURING THE YEAR 1920. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Y^’ear of Age. Ashton-under-Lyne. Cavsk of I'kath. Under 1 Week 1-2 Weeks o <D > CO CN 3-4 Week.s Total under 1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6-9 months 9-12 months Total Deaths under One Year. Ai.r, (Certified C.AUsFS (Uncertified 31 2 11 9 1 5‘2 2 28 22 20 14 136 2 1 Smallpox Chicken-pox ' Aleasles 1 1 2 ' Scarlet Fever .... Diphtheria and ) 1 Croup j ' hooping Cough .. 2 2 ' Diarrhoea 2 2 2 6 1 Enteritis 2 2 4 Tuberculous ) ' Meningitis/ 1 1 1 2 Abdominal 1 Tuberculosis (i>)'/ OtherTuberculous t Diseases / 1 1 1 2 /Congenital 1 1 Malformations (c) / 3 3 1 4 Premature Birth .. 22 i 3 26 3 1 30 1 -Atrophy, Debility) 1 and Marasmus j 2 2 2 1 7 1 4 2 14 1 1 1 Injury at Birth.. .. Erysipelas 1 1 1 Syphilis . 1 1 Rickets 1 1 Meningitis not 1 Tuberciilous) 1 1 Convulsions 2 1 o u 2 2 1 8 Gastritis 1 1 Laryngitis 1 1 Bronchitis 1 1 6 6 3 i 17 Pneumonia, (all ) forms) i' 1 1 7 6 i 6 27 Suffocation. 1 overlving ■ Other Causes 3 6 9 3 1 13 Total 11 9 1 ol 28 22 20 14 133 Xett Births in the year—legitimate. 1084 ; illegitimate, 68. ,, Deaths ,. .. 138. ,. 13.