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Southwark 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 4.
BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
INFANT MORTALITY, 1937.
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. | 4 weeks and under 3 Months | 3 Months and under 6 | 6 Months and under 9 | 9 Months and under 12. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All causes | 38 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 140 |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Diarrhoea | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 20 |
| Enteritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Influenza | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Phthisis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Congenital Malformations | 8 | — | 2 | – | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | – | 14 |
| Premature Birth | 29 | 2 | 2 | – | 33 | 5 | 1 | — | – | 39 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
| Atelectasis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Intussusception | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dentition | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dermatitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | — | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Pneumonia (All Forms) | – | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 36 |
| Suffocation (overlying) | – | – | –_ | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Accident (other) | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | — | 3 |
| Nephritis, Acute | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Icterus Neonatorum | 1 | — | – | – | 1 | — | – | – | — | 1 |
| Septic Pyaemia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Otitis and Mastoiditis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Causes | – | — | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | — | 6 |
| Not classified above | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 38 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 48 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 140 |
Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 2071
Illegitimate 96
Nett Deaths in the year .
Legitimate Infants 132
Illegitimate Infants 8