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Woolwich 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE IVc.

B orough of W oolwich.

I nfantile M ortality D uring the Y ear 1905, C orrected for P ublic I nstitutions. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
All Causes -
Certified70241323130462332173017172017610365
Uncertified...................................................
Common Infectious Diseases —
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles...............111...1..................4
Scarlet Fever...................................................
Diphtheria: Croup...................................................
Whooping Cough...........................2...1............3
Diarrhceal Diseases —
Diarrhoea, all forms.........114354965461553
Enteritis (not Tuberculous)......1...11............1...............3
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh.........111...1...1......3.........7
Wasting Diseases-
Premature Birth45125365412........................72
Congenital Defects2...1252...............2............9
Injury at Birth11......2.................................2
Want of Breast-milk.....................1........................1
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus1233523157732111...2...62
Tuberculous Diseases-
Tuberculous Meningitis..................1......2...2............5
Tuberculous Peritonitis: Tabes Mesenterica.....................1...1......1.........3
Other Tuberculous Diseases...............1...11.........1...1...5
Erysipelas.........112..................1......15
Syphilis.........111...11.........1.........5
Rickets.....................1......1...............2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)........................11......22......6
Convulsions4127...11...3...2...3...118
Bronchitis...11467461342122139
Laryngitis......................................................
Pneumonia...2......2223422234...127
Suffocation (overlaying)3......254.........11...............11
Other Causes34...310131221...2......123
70241323130462332173017172017610365

Births in the year : Legitimate, 3488; illegitimate, 61. Population (estimated to middle of 1905):—125,885.
Deaths from all causes at all ages:—1605.