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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 No. 20. INFANT DEATHS, 1919—1923.
| Cause of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | |||
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Diphtheria | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Other Tuberculous diseases | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | 7 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 |
| Convulsions | 17 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Laryngitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 31 | 21 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 68 | 44 | 30 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
| Diarrhœa | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
| Enteritis | 47 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 |
| Gastritis | 7 | 1 | 3 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. |
| Syphilis | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Rickets | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Suffocation | 3 | 10 | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Injury at Birth | 10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Atelectasis | 17 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Congenital Malformation | 31 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
| Premature Birth | 130 | 116 | 45 | 40 | 26 | 33 | 34 | 23 | 25 | 20 |
| Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 82 | 40 | 22 | 10 | 19 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 6 |
| Other causes | 51 | 36 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 7 |
| 552 | 411 | 179 | 120 | 121 | 115 | 139 | 97 | 113 | 79 | |
| 963 | 299 | 236 | 236 | 192 | ||||||