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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 12.ST. PETER'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1915.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 12.

ST. PETER'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 Months.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified14...1...158971049
Uncertified1.........1............1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................123
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis...............1.........1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1...12
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..................1......1
Convulsions........................11
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis..................1......1
Pneumonia, all forms...............31138
Diarrhoea...............143210
Enteritis..................1......1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformations......1...11.........2
Premature Birth10.........10............10
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus4.........4......2...6
Other causes...............2.........2
15...1...168971050

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 477
Illegitimate 14
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 47
Illegitimate Infants 3