[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of] page 20

Deptford 1929

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children under one year of age died of Pneumonia, as against an average
of 18 for the years 1925, 1926 and 1927, during which the infantile
mortality rate was falling. Diarrhoea accounted for 17 deaths against
a similar average of 11. The following Table gives details of the
causes of death in the various age-groups:—

Table: Infantile Mortality, 1929.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

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Infantile Mortality, 1929.

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 1-months	Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes	38	12	4	_1	55	26	19	23	18	141
Smallpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken fox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	3	1	5
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Influenza	..	..	..	..	... ...	..	1	..	..	1
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Abdominal Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Meningitis (not tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	2
Convulsions	4	2	..	..	6	8	..	..	2	11
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	..	..	..	..	1	5	..	1	..	7
Pneumonia (all forms)	..	..	..	..	..	4	7	11	9	31
Diarrhoea	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	3
Enteritis	..	..	..	1	1	3	6	2	2	14
Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	..	2
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation, overlaying	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Injury at Birth	1	2	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
Atelectasis	3	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
Congenital Malformations	5	2	1	..	8	1	..	1	1	11
Premature Birth	23	3	3	..	29	1	..	..	..	30
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus	2	2	..	..	4	5	2	1	..	12
Other Causes	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	1	4
Totals	38	12	4	1	55	26	19	23	18	141
Death-rate in each age-group per 1,000 births.	204	6.5	2.2	0.5	29.6	14.0	10.2	12.4	9.7	76
Percentage of total deaths in each age-group	27	8.5	2.8	0.7	39	18.4	13.5	16.3	12.8	100

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Table: Infantile Mortality, 1929.Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.