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Southwark 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 31.
(Dr . TATHAM'S).
Mortality among the Legitimate and Illegitimate Infants respectively in the year 1902. Deaths per 1,000 births at the several age groups under one year (a) in London, and (b) in the following rural counties Buckingham, Cambridge, Cornwall, Hereford, Huntington, Lincoln, North Wales, Norfolk, Oxford, Rutland, Salop, Somerset, South Wales (less Glamorgan), Suffolk, Westmoreland, Wilts. Estimated rural population in 1902, 4,279,175.
| AGES AT DEATH. | London. | Rubal Countries. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | |||||
| Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | Legitimate | Illegitimate | |
| Under 1 week | 27.8 | 41.9 | 18.8 | 42.8 | 291 | 39.6 | 27.8 | 31.8 |
| 1—2 weeks | 7.1 | 10.9 | 5.1 | 12.1 | 6.4 | 13.4 | 4.7 | 8.4 |
| 2—3 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 5.7 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 9.1 |
| 3.4 „ | 5.0 | 11.3 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 7.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| Total under one month | 46.7 | 75.9 | 34.2 | 69.1 | 45.8 | 69.6 | 34.7 | 53.3 |
| 1—2 months | 16.0 | 43.2 | 12.3 | 37.1 | 14.1 | 25.8 | 11.4 | 20.8 |
| 2—3 „ | 11.9 | 36.9 | 9.6 | 27.6 | 10.7 | 18.7 | 8.4 | 14.2 |
| 3—4 | 11.1 | 30.6 | 9.0 | 19.0 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 6.7 | 15.0 |
| 4—5 ,, | 9.4 | 16.8 | 7.3 | 19.4 | 7.4 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 |
| 5—6 ,, | 8.6 | 18.0 | 6.4 | 16.8 | 6.4 | 11.7 | 4.9 | 8.8 |
| 6—7 ,, | 8.8 | 15.5 | 6.8 | 16.8 | 6.1 | 9.9 | 5.0 | 9.8 |
| 7.8 „ | 8.4 | 14.3 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 4.6 | 8.0 |
| 8—9 ,, | 8.6 | 11.7 | 6.8 | 12.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 6.2 |
| 9—10 „ | 7.3 | 10.5 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 9.1 |
| 10—11 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 11—12 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 14.2 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 |
| Total under one year | 151.2 | 289.3 | 118.7 | 264.1 | 125.6 | 190.2 | 98.8 | 166.1 |