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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 1913

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

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Table: TABLE 10.ST. MARYS WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 10.

ST. MARYS WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.

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 causesCertified122311811168861
Uncertified3.........3............3
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................11...2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...1......1............1
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1.........1
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculout)1.........1......2...3
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........111114
Pneumonia, all forms...............23...16
Diarrhoea...............482115
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.....................112
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying..................21...3
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations31......4...1......5
Premature Birth9...1...101.........11
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2...2...421...18
Other causes..............................
152312111168864

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 641
Illegitimate 16
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 60
Illegitimate Infants 4