Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1 to 2 weeks. | 2 to 3 weeks. | 3 to 4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under12months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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All Causes | 55 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 75 | 29 | 16 | 26 | 34 | 180 |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Other Tuberculous | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
Diarrœha | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 1 | .. | 9 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlaying | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Atelectasis | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Congenital Malforma-tions | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Premature Birth | 21 | 2 | 4 | .. | 27 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 27 |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
Other Causes | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
34 | 7 | 3 54 | 22 24 | 19 | 18 | 137 |