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. 23. INFANT DEATHS, 1929.
Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chickenpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... |
Scarlet Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Whooping Cough | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | |
Pneumonia | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Diarrhoea | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Enteritis | 11 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, Overlying | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at birth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
Atelectasis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Congenital Malformation | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Premature birth | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | l | .. |
Other causes | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | •• | 1 | 5 | 2 |
81 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 19 | |
144 | 48 | 27 | 28 | 41 |