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

ST. SAVIOUR'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 causesCertified5...1...6513621
Uncertified..............................
Influenza.....................1...1
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles........................11
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough.....................123
Diphtheria and Croup..............................
Erysipelas..............................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............................
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Convulsions..............................
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis........................11
Pneumonia, all forms...............3...1...4
Diarrhœa...............1.........1
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis..............................
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying..............................
Injury at Birth1........................1
Atelectasis..............................
Congenital Malformations..............................
Premature Birth4...1..................5
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus..................1......1
Other causes...............1......23
5...1...6513621