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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 1918

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

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Table: TABLE 13.ST. JOHN'S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1918 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 13.

ST. JOHN'S WARD.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1918 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.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year
All causesCertified92111512121262
Uncertified..............................
Influenza.....................112
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles...............1225
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............2...114
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..................1i......1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............12126
Pneumonia, all forms...............l33411
Diarrhœa...............l4...27
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.....................1...1
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations...............l.........1
Premature Birth............93.........12
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus......2...25...1...8
Other causes...............111...3
9...2...111512121262

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Nett Births in the year
Legitimate 370
Illegitimate 14
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate Infants 48
Illegitimate Infants 5