Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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Causb of Death. | Under i Week. | i-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | ,9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year | |
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Uncertified | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Measles | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Erysipelas | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases... | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Convulsions | — | — | — | ||||||||
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
Bronchitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Diarrhoea | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Enteritis | — | — | |||||||||
Gastritis | — | — | — | ||||||||
Syphilis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Rickets | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Suffocation, overlying | — | — | 4 | — | — | 7 | |||||
Injury at birth | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Atelectasis | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Congenital Malformations | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
Premature birth | 40 | — | — | ||||||||
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | — | 4 | ||||||||
Other Causes | 4 | — | — | — | — | 17 | |||||
Nett Births in the year—legitimate, 3217 ; illegitimate, 89.
Nett Deaths in the year of—legitimate infants, 237 ; illegitimate infants C.