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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

Deptford 1926

Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Table: Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1926. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1926. 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 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year
All Causes2810654922221313119
Smallpox....................
Chicken Pox..............
Measles............1135
Scarlet Fever..................
Whooping Cough......11..1..13
Diphtheria and Croup............1....1
Influenza....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..............11
Abdominal Tuberculosis............11..2
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not tuberculous)............112
Convulsions3......314
Laryngitis............
Bronchitis....112..11. .4
Pneumonia (all forms)1......1373317
Diarrhcea........11. .. .2
Enteritis........443213
Gastritis......11... .....1
Syphilis..........1......1
Rickets..................
Suffocation, overlaying..1....11......2
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Atelectasis8......3........3
Congenital Malformations1l1148..1..8
Premature Birth Atrophy, Debility, and1762..25........25
Marasmus1121663. .14
Other Causes11....2222210
2810654922221313119

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There have been no causes of sickness or invalidity requiring special
investigation or comment, except that Diphtheria is dealt with under
the Schick test report, as also is Housing in a special report.