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Woolwich 1926

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TABLE No. 19.

INFANT DEATHS, 1926.

Cause of Death.	The Borough.		Woolwich.		West Plumstead.		East Plumstead.		Eltham.
Cause of Death.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	3	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	..	..	..		..		..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis	1	..	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..
Abdominal Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Convulsions	1	2	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	2	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	..
Pneumonia (all forms)	10	6	..	3	2.	..	..	..	3	3
Diarrhoea	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Enteritis	5	2	..	1	2	..	3	1	..	..
Gastritis	l	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	l	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation, Overlying	1	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Injury at Birth	..	2	..	2	..	..	..	..	..	..
Atelectasis	3	1	..	..	1	..	1	1	..	..
Congenital Malformation	4	4	..	2	I	1	1	..	2	1
Premature Birth	17	15	..	5	3	5	7	3	7	2
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus	8	1	..	1	4	..	2	..	2	..
Other Causes	9	1	3	..	1	1	4	..	1	..
	68	39	18 .	18	15	9	19	5	16	7
	107		36		24		24		23