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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 14.TRINITY WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 14.

TRINITY 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 causesCertified1413...1822129970
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................33
Scarlet Fever...........................
Whooping Cough........................11
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1.........1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1......l
Convulsions1.........1...11...3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis............112......4
Pneumonia, all forms1.........142l...8
Diarrhœa...............926320
Enteritis........................11
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...............1.........1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............1......12
Injury at Birth...1......1............1
Atelectasis3.........3............3
Congenital Malformations1.........1...1......2
Premature Birth6.........62.........8
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2...1...3221...8
Other causes.......1...1............1
14l3...1822129970

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 531
Illegitimate 10
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 64
Illegitimate Infants 6