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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

Bermondsey 1905

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1905

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Table: Table V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Table V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified963637201896346544934363535342729631
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious DiseasesSmall-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.................................2213311
vi Scarlet Fever.............................................22
Diptheria : Croup........................1.........1.........2
Whooping Cough...............1...11311252...17
Diarrjœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms......22491115121214571084111
Enteritis, (not Tuberculous)......1121...1......21...1210
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........11................................1
Wasting DiseasesPremature Birth667113878...2.........1.........98
Congenital Defects943218212...1............1..25
Injury at Birth..................................................
Want of Breast-milk...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus111411642171213924363......111
Tuberculous DiseasesTuberculous Meningitis.....................23112211313
Tuberculous Peritonitis : Tabes Mesenterica..................31412221...117
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...214231.........14
Erysipelas......1...11.........4..................2
Syphilis...............1113.....................6
Rickets.............................1............12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).................1...2111...22...10
Convulsions3511101111...22121...22
Bronchitis11215746241323...340
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...112464952477581071
Suffocation, overlaying21......357...1...11............18
Other causes4341123111321...1......25
963637201896346544934363535342729631