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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 1912

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

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Table: TABLE 20.ST. SAYIOUR'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1912.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 20.

ST. SAYIOUR'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 causesCertified321...6347424
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough........................11
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis...........................
Bronchitis..............................
Pneumonia, all forms...............1...418
Diarrhoea...............1...113
Enteritis...............1.........1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth2...1...5............5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1.........1......1...2
Other causes..............................
32l...6347424