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Southwark 1913

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

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TABLE 12.

ST. PETERS 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 causesCertified813214877945
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Cliicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................134
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cotigh...............1............
Diphtheria and Group..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................112
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...1......1............1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............21......3
Pneumonia, all forms................22239
Diarrhoea.........11...23...6
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..................1......1
Suffocation, overlying...............1.........1
Injury at Birth2.........2............2
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations......213............3
Premature Birth4...1...51.........6
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............1.........1
Other causes..................1......1
813214877945

Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 445
illegitimate 7
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 38
Illegitimate Infants 7