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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. 23.
INFANT MORTALITY, 1919-1923.
Rates for stated Groups of Diseases and for stated Age Periods Classified by
Registration Districts.
| District. | Groups. | Totals. | Sub-Divisions of Group "G," | Death-rates. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | Congenital defects. | Prematurity. | Debility. | Under 4 weeks. | Over 4 weeks. | ||
| Woolwich | 2.08 | 1.15 | 2.31 | 14.53 | 8.76 | 1.38 | 29.53 | 9.23 | 68.97 | 2.52 | 19.62 | 7.39 | 32 06 | 36.91 |
| West Plumstead | 2.45 | .73 | 2.45 | 7.84 | 5.88 | •49 | 28.17 | 9.80 | 57.81 | 5.39 | 14.45 | 8.33 | 27.44 | 30.37 |
| East Plumstead | 3.39 | 1.57 | 2.61 | 11.99 | 6.51 | •52 | 25.03 | 9.91 | 61.53 | 78 | 14.86 | 9.39 | 26.60 | 34.93 |
| Eltham | 3.82 | •31 | 4.45 | 7.94 | 6.35 | 1.27 | 26.05 | 10.80 | 60.99 | 5.40 | 14.30 | 6.35 | 30.49 | 30.49 |
| The Borough | 2.86 | •98 | 2.86 | 10.78 | 6.95 | .90 | 27.33 | 9.87 | 62.53 | 3.44 | 15.97 | 7.92 | 29.16 | 33.37 |
The rates in each case are per 1,000 births.