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Diarrhœa.
72 deaths were due to diarrhœal diseases and of these, 60
occurred under two years of age. These deaths, in the main,
were due to the epidemic of summer diarrhoea which occurred
during the hot months of the year, and it is necessary to go
back to the year 1911 to find figures comparable with those
for 1921. In 1911 the number of deaths in children under
one year of age was 87, compared with 56 in 1921. Expressed
in terms of 1,000 births, this is 31 per 1,000 in 1911, compared
with 18 per 1,000 in 1921.
Violence and Suicide.
30 deaths—20 males and 10 females—occurred from
violence, apart from suicide. 11 deaths were due to suicidal
causes, 8 males and 3 females.
Inquests.
There were 102 inquests held on Woolwich residents during
the year compared with 145, 135, 112, 131 and 181 in the
preceding five years.
INFANTILE MORTALITY.
The deaths under one year were 197 as compared with
224 in 1920, 235 in 1919, and 268 in 1918. The infantile
mortality rate (deaths under one year per 1,000 births)
was 62.
In 1920 the Infant mortality rate, 61, was the lowest ever
recorded in the history of the Borough. In 1921, it was 62.