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. 3 METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1919 Nett Deaths from stated causes at various 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 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 | 60 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 88 | 31 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 207 |
Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken Pox. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | : | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 9 | |
Laryngitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 7 | 7 | .. | 1 | .. | |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 23 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 35 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
Enteritis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 21 | .. | 7 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
Syphilis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 4 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlaying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Atelectasis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Congenital Malformations | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | |
Premature Birth | 82 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 42 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 46 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
Other Causes | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
60 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 88 | 31 | 47 | 23 | 18 | 207 |
Nett Births Legitimal mate, 91
Nett Legitimate infants. 193 ; Illegitimate infants, 14
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