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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

Woolwich 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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137—138

Table: TABLE IV a.I nfantile M ortality during the Y ear 1910.Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

TABLE IV a.

I nfantile M ortality during the Y ear 1910.

Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months 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—
Certified
Uncertified
Common Infectious Diseases—
Small-pox...................................................
Chicken-pox...................................................
Measles.........122...............11.........15
Scarlet Fever.................................1............1
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)...................................................
Whooping Cough......2...23...1...32...12...115
Diarrhceal Diseases—
Diarrhoea, all forms...............1...31122111...13
Enteritis, Muco-enteritis, Gastro-enteritis...............122.........111......8
Gastritis, Gastro-intestinal Catarrh..................1...........................1
Wasting Diseases—
Premature Birth402614911...........................51
Congenital Defects152...11841.........1...............24
Injury at Birth3.........3.................................3
Want of Breast-milk, Starvation...................................................
Atrophy, Debility, Marasmus4122944321...1...12...27
Tuberculous Diseases—
Tuberculous Meningitis.................................11.........2
Tuberculous Peritonitis, Tabes Mesenterica..................11......1...............3
Other Tuberculous Diseases.......................................2...24
Other Causes—
Erysipelas.........11.................................1
Syphilis1......1221...........................5
Rickets...............1.....................12...4
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..............................1...211...5
Convulsions321171l.....................1111
Bronchitis...11...232...31212...3221
Laryngitis...................................................
Pneumonia...............3...2311...111114
Suffocation, overlying............• • •21...11..................5
Other causes62...193l...1...1111......18
721012101042916121181291011118241
Six years, 1905-104261118386706212136122999410295869374791898

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Population estimated to middle of 1910, 128,448.
Births in the year Legitmate, 2781 Illegitimate, 53
Deaths in the year Legitmate, 225 Illegitimate, 16
Deaths from all Causes at all Ages, 1410.