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. 21.
INFANT DEATHS, 1925.
| Cause of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltliam. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Whooping Cough | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Convulsions | 4 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. |
| Pneumonia (all forms) | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Diarrhœa | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Enteritis | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, Overlying | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Injury at Birth | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. |
| Atelectasis | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Congenital Malformation | 8 | 6 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | 4 |
| Premature Birth | 17 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Other Causes | 2 | 9 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 77 | 64 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 14 | |
| 141 | 44 | 29 | 29 | 39 | ||||||