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Southwark 1935

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

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Table: TABLE 6.BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.INFANT MORTALITY, 1935.•Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under1Year of age.

TABLE 6.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1935.

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Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under1Year of age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 month.4 weeks and under 3 Months3 Months and under 66 Months and under 99 Months and under 12.J Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All causes339745325312716152
Measles----------
Diphtheria----------
Whooping Cough-----2-316
Diarrhoea-----387523
Enteritis----------
Influenza----------
-erebro-Spinal Fever—————1—1—2
Scarlet Fever----------
Phthisis-------1—1
Other Tuberculosis------1113
Congenital Malformations631—10333—19
Premature Birth2542—313—1—35
Atrophy, Debility and----------
Marasmus—————21——3
Atelectasis---------
Erysipelas----------
Syphilis—1——11———2
Rickets----------
Meningitis—1——1————1
Laryngitis----------
Convulsions----------
Gastritis----------
Intussusception----------
Dentition----------
Dermatitis----------
Bronchitis-----12115
Pneumonia—-----2--2
Broncho-Pneumonia—_4378108437
Lobar-Pneumonia------2-24
Suffocation (overlying)----------
Accident (other)----------
Nephritis, Acute----------
Icterus Neonatorum----------
Septic Pyaemia----------
Otitis and Mastoiditis------1--1
Other Causes2--1311128
Not classified above----------
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Legitimate 2225
Nett Births in the year
Illegitimate 90
Legitimate Infants 141
Nett Deaths in the year
Illegitimate Infants 11