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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

Wandsworth 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.

Table: Table XIII.Infant Mortality.1922. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age:—

Table XIII.

Infant Mortality.

1922. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age:—

Cause of Death.Under l Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months.3 Months and under 6 Months.6 Months and under 9 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes—
Certified9426141514963444140337
Uncertified2......2........2
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles......11..18919
Scarlet Fever..............112
Whooping Cough..1....1414414
Diphtheria and Croup................22
Erysipelas..........1......1
Tuberculous Meningitis ..............2226
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)1......1..2115
Convulsions731112221118
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis122..655421
Pneumonia (all forms)1..12491410845
Diarrhcea..1....1..1114
Enteritis......11562116
Gastritis..........2..2..4
Syphilis..2....211....4
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlaying..........11....2
Injury at birth31....4........4
Atelectasis5..1..61......7
Congenital Malformations64231571....23
Premature Birth531143717......78
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus13..3420125..239
Other Causes61....7624625
Totals9626141515163444140339

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Nett Births in the year, legitimate, 5,372; illegitimate, 198.
Nett Deaths in the year of legitimate infants, 317; illegitimate infants, 22.