Table 1.

Prevalent causes of death of legitimate and illegitimate children in the analyzed calendar years

Causes of death	Legitimate children*					Illegitimate/exposed children*
Calendar Year	1887		1888		1889	1887		1888		1889
Preterm birth and congenital malformations	46.0		49.4		44.9	74.7		78.0		73.1
Enteritis and diarrhea	33.1		35.4		34.3	47.4		45.6		44.9
Gastritis	---		---		---	---		---		---
Syphilis	0.5		0.5		0.5	8.0		9.1		9.8
Calendar Year	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900
Preterm birth and congenital malformations	43.6	40.5	41.8	40.3	44.9	81.0	69.2	73.6	71.9	67.7
Enteritis and diarrhea	39.5	38.5	43.0	36.5	44.7	60.5	54.3	58.7	52.1	37.5
Gastritis	2.7	3.1	3.3	3.2	3.6	4.9	6.1	6.7	7.6	8.0
Syphilis	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	12.0	10.6	12.2	13.4	10.4

*Number of children death in the first year of life per 1000 children born alive.

(English version of Figure 1, from page 57 of Ref [14]).