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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 20.ST. SAVIOURS WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 20.

ST. SAVIOURS 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 causesCertified52...29935531
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................112
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................1...1
Diphtheria and Croup........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions..................1......1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............1...1...2
Pneumonia, all forms...............11114
Diarrhœa...............2l1...4
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...1......1.........12
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............2.........2
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth2......131.........4
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus11...132......16
Other causes...............................
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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 267
Illegitimate 1
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 29
Illegitimate Infants 2