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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 1922

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

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Table: INFANT MORTALITY, 1922.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Yearof Age.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1922.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Yearof 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 causesCertified582215161153616077362
Uncertified1.........1............1
Influenza..................1113
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................191727
Scarlet Fever.....................112
Whooping Cough...............554822
Diphtheria and Croup.....................213
Erysipelas...............1.........1
Tubercul us Meningitis...............1...135
Abdominal Tuberculosis...............2.........2
Other Tuberculous Diseases.....................213
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................21...3
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.....................1...1
Convulsions and Dentition13......41...117
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis......4596101329
Pneumonia, all forms...41271018162778
Diarrhæa...2......2273317
Enteritis...............1......12
Gastritis..................1......1
Syphilis......2131.........4
Rickets........................11
Suffocation, overlying......2...2............2
Injury at Birth4.........4............4
Atelectasis...1......1............1
Congenital Malformations731112812124
Premature Birth38624503.........53
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus62321310108748
Other causes31...15257120
5922151611253616077363