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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 1915

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

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Table: TABLE 11.ST. PAUL'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1915.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 11.

ST. PAUL'S WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1915.

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 causes(Certified18313258118658
(Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................34
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............111...3
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions1.........1............1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis.........1l...1......2
Pneumonia, all forms...............3l228
Diarrhœa..................4...15
Enteritis..................l1...2
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..................l......1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1.........12.........3
Injury at Birth1.........l............1
Atelectasisl2115............5
Congenital Malformations2.........2............2
Premature Birth11......112......1...13
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus11......212...5
Other causes1.........11...2...4
193l3268118659

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 475
Illegitimate15
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 56
Illegitimate Infants 3