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Southwark 1918

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

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

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1918Nett 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 causesCertified6725131311878777084427
Uncertified1.........11.........2
Influenza...............224715
Small-pox..............................
Chicken-pox..............................
Measles..................181726
Scarlet Fever..............................
Whooping Cough...............76121439
Diphtheria and Croup..................1...12
Erysipelas......1...12.........3
Tuberculous Meningitis. . .............1...2...3
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................21...3
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............12...14
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................22
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis...............1......12
Convulsions13116...21110
Laryngitis..............................
Bronchitis...1...2312510636
Pneumonia, all forms...11131019162270
Diarrhœa11......210145536
Enteritis..............................
Gastritis..............................
Syphilis.........36544120
Rickets..............................
Suffocation, overlying2......13211...7
Injury at Birth5.........5............5
Atelectasis2.........2............2
Congenital Malformations53......82.........10
Premature Birth444756081......69
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus883...1913112146
Other causes...1......1364519
6825131311979777084429