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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The following Table gives details of the causes of death in the
various age groups:—
Infantile Mortality, 1931.
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 | 25 | 3 | 2 | .. | 30 | 24 13 | 12 | 14 | 93 | |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 4 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Atelectasis | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Congenital Malformations | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 |
Premature Birth | 14 | 2 | .. | .. | 16 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 18 |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 9 |
Other Causes | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 25 | 3 | 2 | •• | 30 | 24 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 93 |
Death-rate in each age-group per 1,000 births | 14 3 | 17 | 1.1 | .. | 17.2 | 13.8 | 74 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 53 |
Percentage of total deaths in each age-group | 26.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | .. | 32.3 | 25.6 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 15.1 | 100 |