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

TABLE 18.

ST. GEORGE'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 causesCertified142612323202215103
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough........................11
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................11
Abdominal Tuberculosis.....................123
Other Tuberculous Diseases........................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................2......2
Convulsions1.........1...1......2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1......1532...11
Pneumonia, all forms...............437216
Diarrhoea...............588526
Enteritis.....................1...1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.........11............1
Rickets.....................1...1
Suffocation, overlying1.........131......5
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations......2...2...1......3
Premature Birth8...3...111.........12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus211...4511213
Other causes........................11
142612323202215103

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 667
Illegitimate 11
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 100
Illegitimate Infants 3