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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table No. XI.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality , 1922.
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 under 3 months. | 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 | 55 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 195 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 10 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |||
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
J Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Convulsions | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | |
Pneumonia (a11 forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 50 | |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffecation, overlaying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Congenital Malformations | 5 | l | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | |
Premature Birth | 33 | l | 3 | .. | 37 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 43 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 16 | |
Other Causes | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
55 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 195 |