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, 1928.
Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chickenpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 8 | 3 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | l | 2 | 1 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 4 | 8 | .. | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 |
Diarrhoea | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Suffocation, Overlying | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Injury at birth | 3 | 1 | l | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
Atelectasis | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Malformation | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Premature birth | 15 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Other causes | 6 | 3 | 3 | •• | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 |
65 | 49 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 15 | |
114 | 37 | 24 | 19 | 34 |