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 Southwark, Borough of]
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. FOR THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
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Certified | 160 | 52 | 27 | 31 | 270 | 86 | 88 | 80 | 68 | 56 | 40 | 39 | 45 | 60 | 50 | 36 | 918 | |
Uncertified0 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |
Common Infectious-Diseases. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 31 | |
Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
Diphtheria: Croup | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | |
I Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 27 | |
Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhoea, all forms | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 171 |
Enteritis (not Tuberculous) | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 2 | 20 | |
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 16 | |
Premature Birth | 103 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 130 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 143 | |
Wasting Disease. | Congenital Defects | 8 | 2 | 1 | ... | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 19 |
Injury at Birth | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
Want of Breast-milk | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | |
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus | 30 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ... | 141 | |
Tuberculous Disease. | Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 11 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |
Erysipelas | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | |
Syphilis | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 11 | |
Rickets | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 10 | ||
Convulsions | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ... | 2 | 1 | 51 | |
Bronchitis | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 68 | |
Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
Pneumonia | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 100 | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 39 | |
Other causes | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
163 | 52 | 27 | 32 | 274 | 86 | 89 | 80 | 68 | 56 | 40 | 39 | 45 | 60 | 50 | 36 | 923 |
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Whole of Borough of Southwark Population, Estimated to middle of 1905, 208,528.
Births in the year, Legitimate 6,113; Illegitimate 137 (2 2 per cent. of total Births). Deaths from all Causes at all Ages 3,848.