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. 23. INFANT DEATHS, 1924.
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 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping Cough | 1 | 6 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | l | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Convulsions | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Bronchitis | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |
Pneumonia (all forms) | 11 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteritis | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Syphilis | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | ... |
Rickets | . . | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Suffocation, Overlying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Injury at Birth | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 |
Atelectasis | 2 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Congenital Malformation | 6 | 7 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Premature Birth | 11 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 11 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 |
Other Causes | 10 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. |
87 | 81 | 40 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 22 | |
168 | 61 | 29 | 38 | 40 |