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. 19.
INFANT DEATHS, 1926.
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 | 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 |