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. 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 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 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .... | 2 |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 8 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 13 |
Diarrhœa. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 5 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
Atelectasis | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Congenital Malformation | 5 | 2 | .. | .. | 7 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 |
Premature Birth | 26 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | 41 |
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 12 |
Other causes | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 7 |
44 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 72 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 123 |
Nett Births registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 2793.
Illegitimate 74.
Nett Deaths registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 113.
Illegitimate 10.