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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

Southwark 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: TABLE 20INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. ST. SAVIOUR'S WARD. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE 20

INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1908. ST. SAVIOUR'S WARD. 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.
All CausesCertified3...317363532221......34
Uncertified...................................................
i. Common Infectious Diseases.Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...................................................
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough...............1.................................1
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis...........................1...............1
Influenza...................................................
ii. Diarrhœal DiseasesDiarrhœa, all forms..................1......11...1.........4
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...................................................
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh................................................
iii. Wasting Diseases.Premature Birth3...1...4.........1.....................5
Congenital Defects......1...1.................................1
Injury at Birth...................................................
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation........................1.....................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus...............1...11.....................3
iv. Tuberculous Diseases.Tuberculous.Meningitis................................................
Do. Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica..................1...........................1
Other Tuberculous Diseases...................................................
v. Other causes.Erysipelas...................................................
Syphilis...................................................
Rickets...................................................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...................................................
Convulsions.....................1........................1
Bronchitis..................11........................2
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia..................1...22...111......8
Suffocation, overlying......11211...........................4
Other causes..................1............1............2
3...31736353222I......34