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Southwark 1924

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

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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE.
The deaths of Infants under one year of age to 1,000 births were 71
during the year 1924.

TABLE 7.

Deaths belonging to the Sanitary Area, with the Causes of Death at all Ages during 1924.

Causes of Death.AGES.AllAges.Localities of Deaths.
0-1-2-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85-M.F.St. Mary.St. Paul.St. Peter.St. John.Trinity.All Saints.St. Michael.St. Jude.St. George.Christchurch.St. Saviour.
Enteric F'ever .1.........1...1
Small Pox............
Measles2441111......383957315701251110
Scarlet Fever532.........73112122...1...
Whooping Cough11561......842114113
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup132414421272249732348621
Influenza43421741281151352111465444492...
Erysipelas1...141431...14...1...
Acute Polio-Myelitis and Encephalitis1.........11............
Encephalitis Lethargica......321111......5412...11l111...
Meningococcal Meningitis......1............11......31...l......1
Tuberculosis—
Respiratory System1112222948565531122169913829192318213624231712
Nervous System23104211...81532232123311
Intestines and Peritoneum1...1...11.........2221...1
Other Forms.111...11312......6511...22131
Venereal Diseases11211
Cancer13206075599,741321173329182726272822111711
Rheumatic Fever119,32639,2119,1
Diabetes.13322381311212
Alcoholism111111
Simple Meningitis11334415?1211
CerebralHremorihage, Apoplexy4...4192538113594513135913111349122
Epilepsy119,19,112310419,1191313
Convulsions (not Puerperal)29,1149,111
Other Diseases of Nervous System 11317714131021372375567474942
Pericarditis 12.........1...312...2

The average number of Infantile deaths for the last twenty-nine
years is 133.