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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

Southwark 1916

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

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Table: TABLE 11.ST. PAUL'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1916.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 11.

ST. PAUL'S WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1916.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder I Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.I 3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified12...2115881840
Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............21......3
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2......2
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases1.........1.........12
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions1.........11.........2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........111.........2
Pneumonia, all forms......1...1l......35
Diarrhœa..................1...12
Enteritis...............2........2
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...........................1
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis1...1...2............2
Congenital Malformations.....................1...1
Premature Birth9.........9............9
(Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............13......4
Other causes1.........1.........23
13...2116881841

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Legitimate 429
Nett Births in the year
Illegitimate 20
Legitimate Infants 41
Nett Deaths in the year of
Illegitimate Infants —