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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 21.BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.INFANT MORTALITY, 1914.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 21.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

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 causesJ Certified13144151820813514710298690
(Uncertified2.........2...1......3
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1221116
Scarlet Fever..................1......1
Whooping Cough.........11594827
Diphtheria and Croup......1...1...33...7
Erysipelas..................1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis.........l1331210
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............2.........2
Other Tuberculous Diseases.........11...1226
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............11226
Convulsions26......8752...22
Laryngitis........................11
Bronchitis152311995438
Pneumonia, all forms......2l31319152373
Diarrhœa...41...543464223159
Enteritis1.........1116...9
Gastritis..................2114
Syphilis151...76.........13
Rickets........................22
Suffocation, overlying7...1l9751...22
Injury at Birth41......5............5
Atelectasis1011113............13
Congenital Malformations22...l51......28
Premature Birth991834124181022156
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus51l3101382740
Other causes1121552212852
13344151821013514810298693

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 5481
Illegitimate 123
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 660
Illegitimate Infants 33