[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 29

Woolwich 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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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 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	1
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping-cough	..	..	..	..	..	3	4	2	..	9
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	2
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Abdominal Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	1	3
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Convulsions	1	..	..	1	2	2	1	1	..	6
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	..	..	..	1	1	2	2	2	1	8
Pneumonia (all forms)	..	..	1	1	2	4	5	3	2	16
Diarrhoea	..	..	2	..	2	2	2	..	3	9
Enteritis	..	..	..	3	3	9	13	14	7	46
Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	2
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Suffocation, overlying	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Injury at Birth	5	..	..	..	5	..	..	..	..	5
Atelectasis	3	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
Congenital Malformations	1	1	..	..	2	6	3	1	..	12
Premature Birth	28	7	1	..	36	1	1	..	..	38
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus	5	..	2	3	10	4	4	..	1	19
Other causes	2	3	1	..	6	3	3	1	1	14
	45	11	7	9	72	39	39	29	18	197

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Nett Births in the Year Legitimate 3117
Illegitimate 80
Nett Deaths in the year Legitimate 185
Illegitimate 12