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.
INFANT DEATHS, 1926.
Cause of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plum stead. | East Plum stead. | 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 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 16 | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | 3 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. |
Gastritis | .. | 1 | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | 1 | .. | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Atelectasis | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Malformation | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 |
Premature Birth | 30 | 2 | 5 | .. | 8 | .. | 9 | I | 8 | 1 |
Atrophy,Debility & Marasmus | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 1 | I | 1 | 1 |
Other Causes | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
55 | 52 | 13 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 13 | |
107 | 36 | 24 | 24 | 23 |