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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 15.ALL SAINT'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 15.

ALL SAINT'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 causesCertified152322214ii141475
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................112
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............12126
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1214
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11
Convulsions...12...3......1...4
Laryngitis..................1......1
Bronchitis...1...122.........4
Pneumonia, all forms.........11......214
Diarrhoea...............446418
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis...............1......12
Syphilis..................11...2
Pickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying1.........131......5
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations2.........2............2
Premature Birth6.........6............6
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus6...1...72.........9
Other causes................11...13
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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 714
Illegitimate 7
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 71
Illegitimate Infants 4