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Southwark 1921

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

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Table: TABLE 12.BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.INFANT MORTALITY, 1921.Nett Deaths from stated causes at Various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 12.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1921.

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.8-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causesCertified83281614141831006460448
Uncertified2.........2...1......3
Influenza........................11
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..............................
Scarlet Fever........................11
Whooping Cough...............32229
Diphtheria and Group........................11
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..................2316
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................21...3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)...............2...316
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.....................112
Convulsions and Dentition111...31...2410
Laryngitis...1......1............1
BronchitisI1......2761319
Pneumonia, all forms......1...11517111660
Diarrhœa...2...2420412617108
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis3...2...521......8
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying...............11......2
Injury at Birth51......6............6
Atelectasis4.........4............4
Congenital Malformations643316431125
Premature Birth478366482......74
Atrophy. Debility and Marasmus1793231182211587
Other causes11316222618
85281614143831016460451

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Legitimate 4,836
Nett Births in the year
Illegitimate 202
Legitimate Infant 421
Nett Deaths in the year of
Illegitimate Infants 30