Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH—INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1913. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
| Under 1week | 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 Causes | Certified | 139 | 31 | 22 | 30 | 222 | 130 | 154 | 104 | 95 | 705 |
| Uncertified | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 28 | |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 21 | |
| Diarrhœa | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 30 | 50 | 25 | 25 | 131 | |
| Enteritis (Epidemic) | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| Influenza | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Cerebro Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 27 | |
| Premature Birth | 86 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 110 | 18 | 2 | - | - | 130 | |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 79 | |
| Atelectasis | 10 | 2 | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | 12 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 | |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Meningitis(not Tuberculous) | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | |
| Convulsions | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 4 | - | - | 20 | |
| Gastritis | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 8 | |
| Dentition | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Bronchitis | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 48 | |
| Pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | l | 6 | 13 | |
| Broncho Pneumonia | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 76 | |
| Pleuro | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| Accident, other than Suffocation | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | 6 | |
| Other causes not classified above | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 53 | |
| 144 | 34 | 22 | 31 | 231 | 139 | 159 | 106 | 98 | 733 | ||