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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 14.TRINITY WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1917 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age

TABLE 14.

TRINITY WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1917 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age

CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 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 causesCertified10......212776941
Uncertified...............1.........1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................1...12
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..............................
Diphtheria and Croup.....................112
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis........................l1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tubercvlout)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.....................1...1
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............112l5
Pneumonia, all forms.........111...147
Diarrhœa...............11114
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..................1......1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation overlying1.........11.........2
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations1......l2...2......4
Premature Birth4.........4l.........5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...............11......2
Other causes1.........12.........3
10......212876942

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Legitimate 362
Nett Births in the year
Illegitimate 18
Legitimate Infants 36
Nett Deaths in the year of
Illegitimate Infants 6