Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 18. INFANT MORTALITY, 1922.
Cause of Death | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks | 1 month 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | |
Convulsions | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 | |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 6 | .. | 2 | 12 | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 30 | |
Diarrhœa | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | |
Suffocation, overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
Injury at Birth | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
Atelectasis | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Congenital Malformation | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 12 | |
Premature Birth | 40 | 4 | 2 | .. | 46 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 46 | |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 7 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | |
Other causes | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | |
68 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 87 | 24 | 33 | 16 | 24 | 184 |
Nett Births registered during Legitimate 2835.
the calendar year Illegitimate 106.
Nett Deaths registered during (Legitimate 171.
the calendar year Illegitimate 13.