[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of] page 12

Deptford 1918

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INFANTILE MORTALITY.
Of the 1827 deaths, 205 or 11.2 per cent. were of infants under
one year of age, and the rate of infant mortality measured by the
proportion of deaths under one year to births registered was 97 as
compared with 102 in 1917. This is 4 per 1000 below the average
rate of the preceding ten years.
The infantile mortality rate of the County of London was 107 per
1000, and in the Metropolitan Boroughs the ratio ranged from 166 in
Shoreditch to 89 in Wandsworth and Lambeth.
The following table gives the causes of deaths at various periods
under one year of age:—

Table: Table No. 3.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Infantile M ortality , 1918.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

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Table No. 3.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.

(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)

Infantile M ortality , 1918.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.		Under 1 week.	1 to 2 weeks.	2 to 3 weeks.	3 to 4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	4 weeks and under3months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 12 months.	Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes	Certified	40	12	15	8	75	34	38	24	34	205
All Causes	Uncertified ..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Small Pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken Pox		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	..	5	3	8	16
Diphtheria and Croup ..		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Abdominal Tuberculosis		..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	2
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Convulsions		1	1	..	..	2	3	..	..	..	8
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis		..	1	..	..	2	7	5	5	6	25
Pneumonia (all forms)		..	..	..	1	1	3	6	6	7	23
Diarrhœa		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Enteritis		..	..	..	..	..	3	4	2	2	11
Gastritis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	3
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	3
Suffocation, overlaying..		l	..	..	1	2	1	2	1	..	6
Injury at Birth		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Atelectasis		l	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1
Congenital Malformations		1	l	..	1	3	1	..	..	..	5
J Premature Birth		29	8	5		37	3	..	..	..	40
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus		3	4	7	4	18	8	4	1	..	31
Other Causes		4	2	2	1	9	1	4	4	6	24
		40	12	15	8	75	34	38	24	34	205

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Nett Births—legitimate, 1999; Illegitimate, 94.
Nett Deaths—Legitimate infants, 195; Illegitimate infants, 10.

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Table: Table No. 3.METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.(This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board.)Infantile M ortality , 1918.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

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