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. 21.
INFANT DEATHS, 1925.
Cause of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltliam. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, Overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
Atelectasis | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Congenital Malformation | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Premature Birth | 17 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Other Causes | 2 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
77 | 64 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 14 | |
141 | 44 | 29 | 29 | 39 |