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 Woolwich]
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TABLE IVa.
Infantile Mortality during the Year 1911.
Net Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All Causes | Certified | ||||||||||
Uncertified | |||||||||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 24 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 15 | 20 | 16 | 11 | 63 | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Congenital Malformations | 5 | 4 | .. | 2 | 11 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 | |
Premature Birth | 41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 49 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 51 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 5 | .. | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 31 | |
Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | |
Injury at Birth | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Convulsions | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 10 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
Pneumonia (all Forms) | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | |
Other causes | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 5 | 3 | 1 | 14 | |
62 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 92 | 43 | 53 | 51 | 34 | 273 |
Nett Births in the year
Legitimate, 2778.
Illegitimate, 36.
Nett Deaths in the Year of
Legitimate Infants, 256.
Illegitimate Infants, 17.