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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE IVa.
Infant Mortality during the Year 1912.
| Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 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 1 Year. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Chicken-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Whooping-Cough. | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Abdominal Tuberculosis (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Convulsions | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Bronchitis | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | ||
| Pneumonia (all forms) | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 20 | ||
| Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 | ||
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 6 | ||
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Suffocation-overlying | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | ||
| Injury at Birth | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
| Atelecasts | 9 | 2 | - | - | 11 | 2 | - | - | - | 13 | ||
| Congenital Malformations (c) | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 5 | ||
| Premature Birth | 37 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 4 | - | 1 | - | 52 | ||
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | - | 26 | ||
| Other Causes | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 38 | 21 | 31 | 21 | 201 | ||
| Net Births in the Year | Legitimate, 2701. | Net Deaths in the Year of | Legitimate Infants, 192. | |||||||||
| Illegitimate, 46. | Illegitimate Infants, 9. | |||||||||||