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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 13.ST. JOHNS WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1914.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 13.

ST. JOHNS 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.
AH causesCertified1021720151812772
Uncertified1.........1...1......2
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................1......1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............11......2
Diphtheria and Croup..................1......1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis.........11............1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........11............1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Convulsions...............12......3
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1...12.........24
Pneumonia, all forms.........11...3329
Diarrhoea...............687223
Enteritis.....................1...1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis............11.........2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying2.........211......4
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis2......13............3
Congenital Malformations.........11............1
Premature Birth61......72......l11
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.........112.........3
Other causes...............111...3
1121721151912774
Nett Births in the yearLegitimate636
Illegitimate13
Nett Deaths in the year ofLegitimate Infants72
Illegitimate Infants2