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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 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE III.INFANT MORTALITY.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE III.

INFANT MORTALITY.

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 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..........1..113
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough..........321..6
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis............12..3
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..............1..1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........1..2..3
Convulsions..1....112116
Laryngitis................22
Bronchitis....112734..16
Pneumonia (all Forms)1......11016826
Diarrhoea............21..3
Enteritis1......1452..12
Gastritis..........2..1..3
Syphilis......1132....6
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying1....1231....6
Injury at Birth1......1........1
Atelectasis5......5........5
Congenital Malformations2..1..341....8
Premature Birth38234476......53
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus1562225861..40
Other causes542112432..21
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Nett Births registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 3517.
Illegitimate 141.
Nett Deaths registered during
the calendar year of
Legitimate Infants, 205.
Illegitimate Infants 19.