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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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147—148
TABLE IV.
Infant Mortality.

Table: 1913. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

1913. Nett 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 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
All CausesCertifiedNo uncertified Deaths..........
Uncertified
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles................112
Scarlet Fever..............1..1
Whooping-cough..............215
Diphtheria and Croup......................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis................1..1
Abdominal Tuberculosis................22
Other Tuberculous Diseases......................1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)................1
Convulsions222..6222113
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis........1636218
Pneumonia (all Forms)........3666728
Diarrhoea..........33..17
Enteritis......118714232
Gastritis......1111....3
Syphilis........121....4
Rickets..............1..1
Suffocation, overlying..........1......3
Injury at Birth2......2........2
Atelectasis8......8........8
Congenital Malformations31....42....39
Premature Birth263143461....41
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus935421532..31
Other causes8..2..10321319
581211119247293724229

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Nett Births in the year{Legitimate,2811.
{Illlegimate, 65.
Nett Deaths in the year of {Legitimate Infants, 215.
{Illegitimate Infants, 14.