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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Lewisham 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1 and under 2 Weeks | 2 and under 3 Weeks | 3 and under 4 Weeks. | Total under4 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 One Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | ||||||||||
| Chicken-pox | ||||||||||
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | ||||||||||
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Diphtheria | ||||||||||
| Erysipelas | ||||||||||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | ||||||||||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | ||||||||||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Bronchitis | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 21 | |||
| Diarrhœa | ||||||||||
| Enteritis | 2 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Syphilis | - | - | ||||||||
| Rickets | - | - | - | |||||||
| Suffocation, overlying | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Injury at birth | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Congenital Malformations | 4 | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Premature birth | 24 | - | - | - | 24 | 1 | - | - | 25 | |
| Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Other Causes | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| Totals | 42 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 24 | 11 | 19 | 116 |
Mortality Rate
per 1000 Births.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children under 1 year of age 11 37
„ Legitimate „ „ „ 105 126