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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 13.ST. JOHN'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1917 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 13.

ST. JOHN'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 causesCertified713314131181056
Uncertified..............................
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................134
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................11...2
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis........................11
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions...............1.........1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......2...2...11...4
Pneumonia, all forms...............143311
Diarrhœa...............32...27
Enteritis...............1.........1
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.....................112
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying1......12...2......4
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis1.........1............1
Congenital Malformationsl...1...2............2
Premature Birth41...16............6
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus.........l16.........7
Other causes...............111...3
713314131181056

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Legitimate 481
Nett Births in the year
Illegitimate 30
Legitimate Infants 47
Nett Deaths in the year of
Illegitimate Infants 9