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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: TABLE IV.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV.—INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at Various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause or 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 causesCertified127451928219129128107112695
Uncertified8126179105243
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................151016
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............3361123
Diphtheria and Croup.....................112
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2349
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............323...8
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................3317
Convulsions44...412465633
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis234716111610962
Pneumonia (all forms)...223717182835105
Diarhœa...12471824221889
Enteritis...2...131323131062
Gastritis1.........1...1...13
Syphilis...11...29...2114
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying.........22411...8
Injury at Birth41......5............5
Atelectasis923...1421......17
Congenital Malformations105...116711126
Premature Birth788679913.........112
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus20113438293053105
Other Causes76...114464331
135462134236138138112114738