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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 1923

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 19.INFANT MORTALITY, 1923.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE No. 19.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1923.

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

Causes of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1 month 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....................
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough............1124
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis....................
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases................11
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............2......2
Convulsions21....3122..8
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis............1..12
Pneumonia (all forms)......1142..313
Diarrhœa...........11....2
Enteritis............2215
Gastritis..........1......1
Syphilis......11........1
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying..1....1..1....2
Injury at Birth5....5........5
Atelectasis52....7........7
Congenital Malformation52....711....10
Premature Birth264513641....41
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus134192......12
Other causes..11..211..37
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Nett Births registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 2793.
Illegitimate 74.
Nett Deaths registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 113.
Illegitimate 10.