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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
Lewisham 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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21
INFANT MORTALITY.
During 1912, 233 children died before reaching the
age of one year, equal to 13.5 per cent. of the whole of the
deaths in the Borough. The infant mortality rate is therefore
69 per 1,000 births, compared with 104 per 1,000 in 1911.
With the exception of Chelsea and Hampstead (68 and 62
per 1,000 respectively) this rate is the lowest of all the
Metropolitan Boroughs. The infant mortality rate for the
County of London was 91 per 1,000.
Causes of Death.—The following list shows the principal
causes of death among infants under one year of age:—
Measles 3
AVhooping Cough 13
Diphtheria and Croup 1
Tuberculous Diseases 3
Convulsions 11
Bronchitis 19
Pneumonia 20
Diarrhoea and Enteritis 20
Suffocation in bed with parents 4
Injury at Birth 3
Atelactasis 7
Congenital Malformations 14
Premature Birth 45
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus 49
Other causes 21
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