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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Table IV.
INFANT MORTALITY.
1913—Nett Deaths
| Age of Death. | Under 1 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 under One Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes. | Certified | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | _ | _ | _ |
| Uncertified | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Small-pox | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | |
| Convulsions | 2 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bronchitis | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 31 | |
| Diarrhoea | - | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Enteritis | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 32 | |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 | - | - | _ | 1 | |
| Syphilis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Injury at birth | 4 | - | - | 4 | _ | - | - | _ | 4 | ||
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | _ | - | - | _ | 2 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 5 | 2 | - | - | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 13 | |
| Premature birth | 30 | 5 | 3 | - | 38 | 2 | - | - | - | 40 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 54 | |
| Other Causes | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 23 | |
| Totals | 60 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 97 | 59 | 47 | 28 | 38 | 269 | |
Nett Births in the year—lgitimate, 3407; illegitimate, 95.
Nett Deaths in the year of—litimate infants, 251; illegitimate infants 18.