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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

Wandsworth 1918

Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, &c., of the Borough for the year1918

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health,

Table: TABLE XII. (Table IV.) Borough of Wandsworth. Infant Mortality. 1918. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under i Year of Age.

TABLE XII. (Table IV.) Borough of Wandsworth. Infant Mortality. 1918. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under i Year of Age.

=Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months3 Months and under 6 Months6 Months and under 9 Months9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes-
Certified9415161113677817250416
Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................14611
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............138618
Diphtheria and Croup.....................2...2
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1.........1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................2...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...1......1......2...3
Convulsions12......33...3110
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1...12755524
Pneumonia (all forms)11......21212131352
Diarrhœa.........114116325
Enteritis1...1...211238448
Gastritis......12311......5
Syphilis2.........2171...11
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying...............1.........1
Injury at birth2......13............3
Atelectasis9.........9............9
Congenital Malformations121......13522123
Premature birth4961036871......76
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus122311819106255
Other Causes6112104510837
Totals9515161113777817250417

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Nett Births in the year, legitimate, 4,281; illegitimate, 404.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 343; illegitimate infants, 74.