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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 21.

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

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 causesCertified63...2117641240
Uncertified..............................
Influenza...............11...13
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................22
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................123
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions...1......1....... . ....1
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...............2...114
Pneumonia, all forms..................1258
Diarrhœa...............2......13
Enteritis...............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.........111.........2
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth1.........1............1
Atelectasis1.........l............1
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth4......15............5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...1......1...2......3
Other causes...1......111......3
63...2117641240

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Nett Births in the year
Nett Deaths in the year of
Legitimate 3,246
Illegitimate 204
Legitimate Infants 387
Illegitimate Infants 42