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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 1917

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

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Table: TABLE 11.ST. PAUL'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1917Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 11.

ST. PAUL'S WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1917

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 causesCertified1411218659846
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................1...1
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................1...1
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1...12
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions........................11
Laryngitis..................1......1
Bronchitis...........................1
Pneumonia, all forms...............11338
Diarrhœa...............2...114
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...............1...2...3
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth3.........3...............
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations3.........3.........14
Premature Birth8......210...1......11
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...11...22.........4
Other causes........................11
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Legitimate 378
Nett Births in the year
Illegitimate 23
Legitimate Infants 39
Nett Deaths in the year of
Illegitimate Infants 7