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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 1914

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

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Table: TABLE 12.ST. PETERS WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1914.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 12.

ST. PETERS 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 causesCertified1252...1917103756
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............11......2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................l......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............1.........1
other Tuberculous Diseases........................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions.....................1...1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......1...121......4
Pneumonia, all forms...............1l114
Diarrhoea...............7ll312
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..................l......1
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............2.........2
Injury at Birth............1............1
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth114......15...1......16
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............12......3
Other causes1...1...22l...27
1252...1917103756
Nett Births in the yearLegitimate498
Illegitimate5
Nett Deaths in the year ofLegitimate Infants56
Illegitimate Infants—