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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Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1926. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.
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 under 12 months | Total Deaths under 1 year |
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All Causes | 28 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 119 |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Convulsions | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | . . | 4 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
Diarrhcea | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | . . | . . | 2 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | . . | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlaying | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Atelectasis | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | l | 1 | 1 | 8 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | |
Premature Birth Atrophy, Debility, and | 17 | 6 | 2 | .. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 25 |
Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | . . | 14 | |
Other Causes | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
28 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 119 |
There have been no causes of sickness or invalidity requiring special
investigation or comment, except that Diphtheria is dealt with under
the Schick test report, as also is Housing in a special report.