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 No. 20.
Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
Causes of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1.2 weeks. | 2.3 weeks. | 3.4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1 month 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 7 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 18 |
Diarrhœ a | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 6 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Congenital Malformation | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .. | 1 | 14 |
Premature Birth | 18 | .. | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 31 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | .. | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | 13 |
Other causes | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
39 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 61 | 21 | 29 | 16 | 14 | 141 |
Nett Births registered during Legitimate 2506
the calendar year Illegitimate 76
Nett Deaths registered during ( Legitimate 132
the calendar year Illegitimate 9