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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DEATHS OF CHILDREN 1-5 YEARS OF AGE.
The number of deaths of children between 1 and 2 years
of age was 28, and between 2 and 5, 37. In 1928 these
figures were 24 and 27 respectively. The causes of death
are given in detail in Table No. 11.
The following Tables show the variation in the rates
of mortality in these age groups in five-yearly periods since
1911, and for the years 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929.
TABLE No. 17.
Child Mortality (1-2 years).
Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods, etc.
Period. | Estimated mean Population. | Infectious Fevers. | Tuberculosis | Respiratory Diseases. | Diarrhceal Diseases. | All other causes. | Total Deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1911-1915 | 2,581 | 7.67 | 2.87 | 8.76 | 2.56 | 4.96 | 26.82 |
1916.1920 | 2,536 | 6.86 | 1.42 | 8.28 | .63 | 4.42 | 21.61 |
1921.1925 | 2,876 | 3.69 | 1.46 | 4.52 | .49 | 2.99 | 13.15 |
1926 | 2,438 | 3.69 | .41 | 3.69 | 1.64 | 1.23 | 10.66 |
1927 | 2,348 | 2.13 | 1.70 | 3.41 | — | 1.70 | 8.94 |
1928 | 2,129 | 4.70 | .94 | 2.82 | .94 | 1.88 | 11.27 |
1929 | 2,141 | 4.20 | .47 | 2.80 | 1.40 | 4.20 | 13 07 |