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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 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 20.INFANT MORTALITY, 1925.Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

TABLE No. 20.

INFANT MORTALITY, 1925.

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..............23
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough............14..7
Diphtheria and Croup............1....1
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis............22..6
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases............21..3
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)............1..12
Convulsions..........1......6
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..........421310
Pneumonia (all forms)............74..18
Diarrhœ a............2....3
Enteritis..........1......2
Gastritis....................
Syphilis....................
Rickets....................
Suffocation, overlying....................
Injury at Birth6..2..............
Atelectasis1......2........2
Congenital Malformation7..11931..114
Premature Birth18..512551....31
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus5..11714..113
Other causes121..4..42111
3961246121291614141

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Nett Births registered during Legitimate 2506
the calendar year Illegitimate 76
Nett Deaths registered during ( Legitimate 132
the calendar year Illegitimate 9