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. 22.
INFANT DEATHS, 1925.
Cause of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | l |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | l | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 5 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 18 | .. | 7 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Enteritis | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
Atelectasis | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Congenital Malformation | 9 | 5 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Premature Birth | 25 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | l | 4 | .. |
Atrophy,Debility & Marasmus | 7 | 6 | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 1 | l | 1 | 2 |
Other Causes | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
61 | 80 | 16 | 28 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 21 | |
141 | 44 | 29 | 29 | 39 |