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Southwark 1913

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

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TABLE 17.

ST. JUDES 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 causesCertified824115787...37
Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................1...1
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1
Meningitis (not Tubeiculous)..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1......1......2...3
Pneumonia, all forms.........11...22...5
Diarrhoea..................2......5
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis Bickets... ...... ...1 ...... ...1 ...... ...... ...... ...... ...... ...
Suffocation, overlying..................1......1
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations1.........1............l
Premature Birth62...92.........11
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus2...1...3221...8
Other causes..............................
924116787...38

Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 356
Illegitimate 11
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 33
Illegitimate Infants 5