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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

Camberwell 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: TABLE IV.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1912. Next Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1912. Next Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1 to 2 weeks.2 to 3 weeks.3 to 4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1 to 3 months.3 to 6 months.6 to 9 months.9 to 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All causesCertified9933211717079968184510
Uncertified94111510132141
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...1......1......51521
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough...............448723
Diphtheria and Croup......1...1.........12
Erysipelas.....................1...1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................54211
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................3115
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1...34
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2...13
Convulsions...21...35...1110
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........4410881242
Pneumonia (all forms)11...351115212577
Diarrhœa...1...126137432
Enteritis2...1...31108224
Gastritis...11...2......114
Syphilis...............6......17
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying3.........344......11
Injury at Birth4.........4.........15
Atelectasis31...161.........6
Congenital Malformations11...3417553...31
Premature Birth6110928283......93
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1812533918277292
Other Causes581...131098546
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