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Southwark 1912

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

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Table: TABLE 17.ST. JUDE'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1912.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 17.

ST. JUDE'S WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1912.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified63312777639
Uncertified
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................213
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases......1...1............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...11...3............3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..................2114
Pneumonia, all forms...............21227
Diarrhoea..................21...3
Enteritis...............1......12
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............1.........1
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations...1......1............1
Premature Birth411...6............6
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1.........1311...6
Other cause..................1......1
633...12777639

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate
Illegitimate
332
15
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants .
Illegitimate Infants.
36
3