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Southwark 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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TABLE 21.
INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1907. BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 8-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-8 Months. | 8-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certified | 143 | 44 | 41 | 28 | 256 | 84 | 74 | 63 | 45 | 41 | 42 | 52 | 54 | 49 | 53 | 41 | 854 | |
| Uncertified | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | |
| i. Common Infectious Diseases. | Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Chicken-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Measles | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 | 1 | ... | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 29 | |
| Scarlet Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | |
| Whooping Cough | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 42 | |
| ii. Diarrhœal Diseases | Diarrhœa, all forms | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 70 |
| Enteritis, Muco-enteritis. Gastro-enteritis | 1 | 3 | ... | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 35 | |
| Gastritis Gastro-intestinal Catarrh | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12 | |
| Premature Birth | 76 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 109 | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 119 | |
| iii. Wasting Diseases. | Congenital Defects | 22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 37 |
| Injury at Birth | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | |
| Want of Breast-milk, Starvation | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | |
| Atrophy. Debility, Marasmus | 23 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ... | 128 | |
| iv. Tuberculous | Tuberculous Meningitis | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis: | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 13 | |
| Tabes Mesenterica | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 21 | |
| Other causes. | Erysipelas | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 4 | 2 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | |
| Rickets | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Meningitis(not Tuberculous). | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Convulsions | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 10 | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | 44 | |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | ... | 2 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 72 | |
| Laryngitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ||
| Pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 137 | |
| Suffocation, overlying | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31 | |
| Other causes | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | 3 | 1 | ... | 16 | |
| 145 | 44 | 42 | 28 | 259 | 84 | 74 | 63 | 45 | 41 | 48 | 52 | 54 | 49 | 53 | 41 | 858 | ||
District. Borough of Southwark. Population, Estimated to middle of 3907, 209,781. Births in the year. Legitimate, 5,876 ; Illegitimate, 147.
Deaths in the year of Legitimate Infants, 828 ; Illegitimate Infants, 30. Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 3,771.