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Southwark 1914

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

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Table: TABLE 11.ST. PAUL'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1914.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 11.

ST. PAUL'S WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1914.

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 causesCertified116312181310961
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1.........1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1124
Diphtheria and Croup......1...1............1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................l...12
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................2...2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................l......1
Convulsions1.........3............3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..................2......2
Pneumonia, all forms...............21...25
Diarrhoea............1452214
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...2......2............2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis......1...1............1
Congenital Malformations1.........1............1
Premature Birth8...1...10.........112
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.........11......113
Other causes..................24...6
1163l2181310961
Nett Births in the yearLegitimate472
Illegitimate9
Nett Deaths in the year ofLegitimate Infants52
Illegitimate Infants9