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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
Lewisham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1 and under 2 Weeks | 2 and under 3 Weeks | 3 and under 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 One Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Measles | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| Diphtheria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Convulsions | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 3 |
| Laryngitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| Diarrhœa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Enteritis | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Gastritis | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| Syphilis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rickets | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Suffocation, overlying | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Injury at birth | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Atelectasis | 6 | – | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Congenital Malformations | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | 3 |
| Premature birth | 35 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 42 | 5 | 1 | 1 | – | 49 |
| Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | – | 17 |
| Other Causes | 11 | – | – | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 27 |
| Totals | 56 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 160 |
Mortality Rate,
per 1000 Births.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children under 1 .year of age 15 180
Legitimate „ „ „ 145 51