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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 20.

Table: TABLE 17.ST. JUDE S WARD.INFANT MORTALITY, 1918.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 Year of Age.

TABLE 17.

ST. JUDE 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.J 6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year
All causesCertified82111475936
Uncertified..............................
Influenza...............11......2
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough......213
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis........................11
Pneumonia, all forms...............1124
Diarrhœa...............22127
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis...1......1...21...4
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth............l............1
Atelectasis...........................
Congenital Malformations............l............1
Premature Birth6......17............7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...1......111...14
Other causes........................11
82...111475936

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Nett Births in the year
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate 174
Illegitimate 13
Legitimate infants 19
Illegitimate Infants 2