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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. 21. INFANT DEATHS, 1919-1923.
| The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of Death. | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year | Under 4 weeks | 4 weeks-1 year |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | 8 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | .. | 32 | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | 9 | .. | 11 |
| Diphtheria | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
| Other Tuberculous diseases.. | .. | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
| Convulsions | 11 | 23 | .. | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Laryngitis | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 4 | 48 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Pneumonia | 11 | 101 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 22 | 4 | 16 |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Enteritis | 7 | 77 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 17 |
| Gastritis | .. | 8 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
| Syphilis | 3 | 11 | 1 | 5 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rickets | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | l |
| Suffocation | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. |
| Injury at birth | 18 | .. | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | 9 | .. |
| Atelectasis | 29 | 1 | 9 | .. | 7 | 1 | 7 | .. | 6 | .. |
| Congenital malformation .. | 31 | 22 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Premature birth | 228 | 18 | 81 | 4 | 51 | 8 | 52 | 5 | 44 | 1 |
| Atrophy,Debility & Marasmus | 69 | 53 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 11 |
| Other causes | 29 | 58 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 |
| 449 | 514 | 139 | 160 | 112 | 124 | 102 | 134 | 96 | 96 | |
| 963 | 299 | 236 | 236 | 192 | ||||||