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Southwark 1914

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

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TABLE 17.

ST. JUDE'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 causesCertified3212881410242
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.........11...1......2
Diphtheria and Croup.....................1...1
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous).....................l...1
Convulsions...1......1............1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1......1...1......2
Pneumonia, all forms...............2......13
Diarrhœa......1...l246...13
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth3......1422......8
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............13......4
Other causes...............13217
3212881410242

Nett Births in the year
! Legitimate ... 332
( Illegitimate ... 11
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants ... ... 39
Illegitimate Infants... ... 3