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Southwark 1913

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

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Table: TABLE 21.BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.INFANT MORTALITY, 1913.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 21.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

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 oausesCertified11922301518616211411897677
Uncertified5.........5............5
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................1111325
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............237618
Diphtheria and Croup........................22
Erysipelas...1......13.........4
Tuberculous Meningitis...............131510
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1157
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............124310
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1.........1243111
Convulsions532...10465...25
Laryngitis.........11...1...13
Bronchitis...31372087547
Pneumonia, all forms22...372217221583
Diarrhoea......11239434221147
Enteritis.....................224
Gastritis......1...11......13
Syphilis...23164...2416
Riokets..................1124
Suffocation, overlying2......131541225
Injury at Birth52......7............7
Atelectasis9...1...101.........11
Congenital Malformations1124219421...26
Premature Birth6948283162......101
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus193813125148684
Other causes1...1...222...39
12422301519116211411897682

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 5,816
Illegitimate 115
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 630
Illegitimate Infants 52