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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 13.ST. JOHN'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 13.

ST. JOHN'S 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 causesCertified13312192014151280
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox...............................
Measles..................13...4
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................213
diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...12
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......1
Convulsions...1......12.........3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............42118
Pneumonia, all form31.........14...4312
Diarrhoea...............435315
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis........................22
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth1.........l............1
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations3......14...1......5
Premature Birth81...11021......13
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...l1...234...110
Other causes..............................
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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 604
Illegitimate 19
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 73
Illegitimate Infants 7