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. 18.
INFANT MORTALITY, 1926.
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 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months | Total deaths under 1 year. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Whooping-cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Convulsions | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Bronchitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 |
Pneumonia (all forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | 3 | 16 |
Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Enteritis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 7 |
Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 |
Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Suffocation, overlying | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | i | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Atelectasis | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
Congenital Malformation | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 8 |
Premature Birth | 26 | 3 | .. | 1 | 30 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 32 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 |
Other causes | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
39 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 55 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 107 |
Nett Births registered during
the calendar vear
Legitimate 2394
Illegitimate 69
Nett Deaths registered during
the calendar year
Legitimate 98
Illegitimate 9