Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE III.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 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. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 |
Convulsions | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | .. | 16 |
Pneumonia (all Forms) | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 26 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | .. | 12 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 6 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .... | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atelectasis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 |
Congenital Malformations | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 8 |
Premature Birth | 38 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 53 |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 1 | .. | 40 |
Other causes | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 21 |
69 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 101 | 57 | 29 | 25 | 12 | 224 |
Nett Births registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 3517.
Illegitimate 141.
Nett Deaths registered during
the calendar year of
Legitimate Infants, 205.
Illegitimate Infants 19.