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Southwark 1924

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

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Table: TABLE8.BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. INFANT MORTALITY, 1924.

TABLE8.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK. INFANT MORTALITY, 1924.

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 causes'Certified7316111111140564749303
Uncertified..............................
Measles..................151824
Diphtheria........................11
Whooping Cough...............2...215
Diarrhtea...............6207538
Enteritis.....................2...2
Influenza..................1214
Cerebro-Spinal Fever .................................
Phthisis........................11
Tuberculous Meningitis.....................1...2
Abdominal Tuberculosis..................1......1
Other Tuberculosis........................11
Congenital Malformations32...1632...l12
Premature Birth5478473275
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus...641...111398445
Atelectasis4.........4.........4
Erysipelas..............................
Syphilis......1...1............1
Rickets.....................1...l
Meningitis..................1......l
Laryngitis...........................
Convulsions1.........11.........2
Gastritis11......2............2
Intussusception..................11...2
Dentition...• • •........................
Dermatitis..............................
Bronchitis...1124343115
Pneumonia.........11132512
Broncho-Pneumonia.........2281012840
Pleuro Pneumonia...........................
Suffocation (overlying) ............11............1
Accident (other)...........................
Nephritis, Acute..............................
Icterus Neonatorum............1............1
Septic Pyaemia...............1.........l
Otitis and Mastoiditis .................................
Other causes not classified above. .31............2129
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