Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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Table No. 4. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board. Infantile Mortality, 1915. 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. | |
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All Causes | Certified | 73 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 121 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 64 | 391 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 23 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 6 | 6 | 3 | .. | 3 | 18 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 33 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 4 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 21 | 55 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 29 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 44 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 7 | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlaying | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Atelectasis | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
Congenital Malformations | 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 12 | |
Premature Birth | 37 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 46 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 49 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 54 | |
Other Causes | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 3 | 2 | .. | 3 | 15 | |
73 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 121 | 76 | 71 | 59 | 64 | 391 |
Nett Births—Legitimate, 2871; Illegitimate, 84.
Nett Deaths—Legitimate infants, 381 Illegitimate infants, 10.