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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 19.CHRISTCHURCH WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1915.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 19.

CHRISTCHURCH 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 causesCertified42393107534
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................22
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................1...1
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis......1...1.........12
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............................
Meningitis(not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions.....................1...1
Laryngitis...........................1
Bronchitis..................1......1
Pneumonia, all forms...1......11...316
Diarrhoea...............161...8
Enteritis..................2......2
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth412...7............7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............111...3
Other causes..............................
423...93107534

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 220
Illegitimate 10
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 34
Illegitimate Infants —