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

TABLE 16.

ST. MICHAEL'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 causesCertified20323282216171598
Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................123
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................1...1
Convulsions3.........3122...8
Laryngitis.........11.........12
Bronchitis...............2......24
Pneumonia, all forms...2......2232312
Diarrhoea...............667423
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...1113............3
Bickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying............12......14
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations1.........12.........3
Premature Birth13.........1331......17
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus3...1...4444...16
Other causes1.........1............1
21323292216171599

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 699
Illegitimate 22
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 93
Illegitimate Infants 6