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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Woolwich 1919

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich

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Table: TABLE III.- INFANT MORTALITY.1919. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE III.- INFANT MORTALITY.

1919. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough............1124
Diphtheria and Croup................11
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..........1......1
Abdominal Tuberculosis..............1..1
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............112
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............2....2
Convulsions....1..11..237
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........462214
Pneumonia (all Forms)..21..35541027
Diarrhœa....................
Enteritis..21..3244215
Gastritis..........3......3
Syphilis1......11......2
Rickets..............1..1
Suffocation, overlying2......2........2
Injury at Birth4......4........4
Atelectasis9......9........9
Congenital Malformations7..21101......11
Premature Birth49446635......68
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1114..16852..31
Other causes221..51147330
851114711742272524235

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Nett Births registered during (Legitimate 2586.
the calendar year (Illegitimate 151.
Nett Deaths registered during Legitimate Infants, 207.
the calendar year of Illegitimate Infants 28.