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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 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 22.INFANT MORTALITY, 1924.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE No. 22.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1924.

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..............336
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough....1..12..227
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculuus Meningitis..............224
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............2....2
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..........11..13
Convulsions..........21....3
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis.....21335..415
Pneumonia (all forms)..1..12588225
Diarrhoea....................
Enteritis......11324..10
Gastritis....................
Syphilis1......12..1..4
Rickets................11
Suffocation, overlying..........1......1
Injury at Birth51....6........6
Atelectasis6......6........6
Congenital Malformation83....112......13
Premature Birth23..2126........26
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus522..9722..20
Other causes1113623216
498756934232517168

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Nett Births registered during Legitimate 2516
the calendar year Illegitimate 74
Nett Deaths registered during Legitimate 157
the calendar year Illegitimate 11