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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Lewisham 1915

Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1915

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Table: Table IY.INFANT MORTALITY.1915.—Nett Deathsfrom stated Causes at various ages under One Year of Age.

Table IY.

INFANT MORTALITY.

1915.—Nett Deathsfrom stated Causes at various ages under One Year of Age.

Causb op Death.Under i Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 Months and under 6 Months.6 Months and under 9 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths underOne Year
All Causes.Certified631112119756352941258
Uncertified——————————
Small-pox——————————
Chicken-pox——————————
Measles———————3811
Scarlet Fever——————————
Whooping Cough———1121239
Diphtheria and Croup———11———12
Erysipelas——————————
Tuberculous Meningitis—————1——12
Abdominal Tuberculosis——_———_—11
Other Tuberculous Diseases————_—1—1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)——————1—23
Convulsions21——3222413
Laryngitis——————————
Bronchitis2——1311—5423
Pneumonia (all forms)————_5531326
Diarrhoea—1——1351—10
Enteritis1——1224—311
Gastritis——112413—10
Syphilis——2—2—11—4
Rickets——————————
Suffocation, overlying3——143—1—8
Injury at birth4———4————4
Atelectasis91——10__——10
Congenital Malformations612110214—17
Premature birth29413374—_—41
Atrophy. Debility and Marasmus735151284140
Other Causes——11255——12
Totals631112119756352941258

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Nett Births in the year—legitimate, 3181 ; illegitimate, 86.
Nett Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 229 ; illegitimate infants. 29.