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Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 29.
(Dr. TATHAM'S.)
Average rate of Infant Mortality under one year, per 1,000 births, among Male and Female Infants, in the opening and
closing quinquennia of the last quarter of the century.
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Urban Counties. | Rural Counties. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |||||
| 1873.1877 | 1898.1902 | 1873.1877 | 1898.1902 | 1873.1877 | 1898.1892 | 1873.1877 | 1898.1902 | |
| All Causes | 175.9 | 180.0 | 145.5 | 149.2 | 139.9 | 138.8 | 112.5 | 111.0 |
| Small Pox | .5 | .0 | .5 | .0 | .1 | .0 | .1 | .0 |
| Measles | 3.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1.5 | •3 | 1.3 | •2 | 11 | •1 | •8 | •1 |
| Diptheria and Croup | 1.2 | •8 | •9 | •6 | •9 | .4 | •7 | •3 |
| Whooping Cough | 5.9 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 |
| Erysipelas | •9 | •3 | 1.0 | •4 | .7 | •2 | .6 | •2 |
| Diarrhæa, Dysentery, Cholera, Enteritis | 221 | 36.6 | 18.8 | 32.5 | 11.1 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 14.8 |
| Syphilis | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 11 | .8 | .9 | •7 |
| Rickets | .1 | .8 | •1 | •5 | .1 | .5 | •0 | •4 |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 11.8 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 4.2 |
| Meningitis, Convulsions | 32.0 | 23.3 | 24.5 | 18.2 | 26.3 | 20.1 | 19.8 | 15.2 |
| Laryngismus Stridulus | .8 | •4 | •4 | •2 | •3 | .3 | •2 | •2 |
| Bronchitis, Laryngitis | 20.6 | 16.5 | 16.3 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
| Pneumonia | 9.8 | 13.8 | 7.6 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 5.2 | 6.9 |
| Diseases of Stomach and Liver | 1.9 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 11 | 2.2 |
| Premature Birth | 14.2 | 22.3 | 11.6 | 17.9 | 12.6 | 20.7 | 10.0 | 16.7 |
| Congenital Defects | 2.0 | 5.3 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Teething | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Atrophy, &c. | 29.9 | 23.8 | 25.8 | 19.4 | 33.0 | 23.7 | 27.5 | 18.8 |
| All other causes | 11.9 | 10.9 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 12.3 | 9.6 | 10.3 | 7.5 |
Note.—.O indicates that the deaths were two few to give a rate of .05 per 1000.