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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 18.
ST. GEORGE'S WARD.

Table: TABLE 15.ALL SAINTS WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1918 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 15.

ALL SAINTS 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 causesCertified83...2136117441
Uncertified..............................
Influenza.....................1...1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles.....................123
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough..................1......1
Diphtheria and Croup...........................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions............1...1......2
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............2...1...3
Pneumonia, all forms...............11125
Diarrhœa...............141...6
Enteritis................... . .............
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...1......1...11...3
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying............1...1......2
Injury at Birth..............................
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations1.........1............1
Premature Birth41...27............7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1l......221......5
Other causes...............11...2
83...2136117441

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Nett Births in the year
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate 393
Illegitimate 12
Legitimate Infants 36
Illegitimate Infants 4