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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
Lambeth 1916
Report on the vital and sanitary statistics of the Borough of Lambeth during the year 1916
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TABLE IV. BOROUGH OF LAMBETH—INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1916. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Causes | Certified | 125 | 41 | 26 | 19 | 211 | 82 | 89 | 70 | 65 | 517 |
| Uncertified | 13 | 2 | – | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 48 | |
| German Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 21 | |
| Diarrhœa | – | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 83 | |
| Enteritis (Epidemic) | – | 2 | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Influenza | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 6 | 1 | 4 | – | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | |
| Premature Birth | 77 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 98 | 7 | 1 | – | – | 106 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 16 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 65 | |
| Atelectasis | 12 | 3 | 1 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | 16 | |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Syphilis | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | – | 20 | |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 9 | 4 | – | – | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | – | 25 | |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Dentition | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 24 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| Broncho pneumonia | 1 | – | – | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 48 | |
| Pleuro | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Suffocation, overlaying | – | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 4 | |
| Accident, other than Suffocation | 4 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Other causes not classified above | 10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 15 | 5 | – | 47 | |
| Totals | 138 | 43 | 26 | 22 | 229 | 95 | 99 | 74 | 68 | 565 | |