Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1912
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Table V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912. Deaths from Stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
3-4
weeks.
Total
under
1 month.
1-3
months.
3-6
months.
6-9
months.
9-12
months.
Total Deaths
under
1 year.
1911.
Total Deaths
under
1 year.
1912.
Cause of Death.
Under
1 week.
1-2
weeks.
2-3
weeks.
129
433
92
11
87
88
68
61
611
12
All Causes
Certified
14
...
...
...
...
...
Uncertified
...
...
...
...
...
...
Small-pox
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Chicken-pox
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8
...
...
1
1
1
16
Measles
16
26
...
...
...
...
Scarlet Fever
1
1
2
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
24
Whooping Cough
8
5
19
2
...
...
...
Diptheria and Croup
1
1
3
5
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Erysipelas
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
3
7
Tuberculous Meningitis
1
4
1
10
...
...
...
10
Abdominal Tuberculosis
4
1
3
8
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
15
14
Tuberculous Diseases
4
4
3
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
2
2
6
4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)
...
...
...
...
...
Convulsions
3
1
1
5
2
11
12
4
...
...
...
Laryngitis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2
6
10
43
1
2
7
4
6
33
Bronchitis
1
2
3
14
10
48
78
Pneumonia (all forms)
9
12
...
...
{Diarrhoea
15
6
6
38
158
11
...
...
...
...
...
18
{Enteritis
1
1
4
7
6
7
...
...
...
...
Gastritis
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
5
Syphilis
3
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
3
Rickets
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Suffocation, overlying
6
2
1
9
10
4
2
25
11
...
...
7
7
7
12
Injury at birth
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Atelectasis
1
5
6
5
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
{Congenital Malformations
6
6
4
2
17
17
5
...
...
...
...
3
1
64
2
69
66
Premature Birth
54
6
3
18
11
...
...
3
2
{Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus
10
3
6
1
53
83
17
Other Causes
1
1
2
4
2
4
12
27
...
...
...
12
129
87
88
68
61
433
611
14
11
92
Nett Births in the year —Legitimate, 3,721 ; Illegitimate, 78.
Table V.—Infantile Mortality during the Year 1912. 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. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. 1912. | Total Deaths under 1 year. 1911. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | 92 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 129 | 87 | 88 | 68 | 61 | 433 | 611 |
Uncertified | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 8 | 16 | 26 | 16 | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Whooping Cough | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 24 | |
Diptheria and Croup | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | |
Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 5 | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 11 | 12 | |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 43 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 48 | 78 | |
Diarrhœa | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 38 | 158 | |
Enteritis | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ... | 18 | 7 | |
Gastritis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Syphilis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 5 | 5 | |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | ... | 25 | 11 | |
Injury at birth | 7 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7 | 12 | |
Atelectasis | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | |
Congenital Malformations | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ... | 17 | 17 | |
Premature Birth | 54 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 69 | 66 | |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 53 | 83 | |
Other Causes | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | 4 | ... | 12 | 27 | |
92 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 129 | 87 | 88 | 68 | 61 | 433 | 611 |