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 Borough]
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The following Table gives details of the causes of death in the various age groups:- various age groups:- Infantile Mortality, 1938. 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. |
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All Causes | 29 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 75 |
Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarler Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Other Tuberculous | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Convulsions | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | 4 | .. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 17 |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Suffocation, overlaying. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Injury at Birth | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
Atelectasis | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Congenital Malformations | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Premature Birth | 21 | 3 | .. | .. | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 24 |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 |
Other Causes | .. | .. | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Totals | 29 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 75 |
Death-rate in each age. group per 1,000 births | 20 9 | 4·3 | 7·2 | 0·7 | 33·1 | 6·5 | 5·7 | 5·1 | 3·6 | 54 |
Percentage of total deaths in each age. group | 38·6 | 8·0 | 13·4 | 1·3 | 61·3 | 12·0 | 10·7 | 9·3 | 6·7 | 100 |