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Woolwich 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 20.

INFANT DEATHS, 1926.

Cause of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.West Plum stead.East Plum stead.Eltham.
Under 4 weeks4 weeks-1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks 1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks-1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks-1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks-1 year
Small-pox..................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles..3..2..........1
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..1......1........
Diphtheria and Croup....................
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis..3..2..1........
Abdominal Tuberculosis....................
Other Tuberculous Diseases..1..1............
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)....................
Convulsions1211..1........
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis1211......1....
Pneumonia (all forms)..16..8..2......6
Diarrhoea..1..............1
Enteritis34..1..231....
Gastritis..1..I............
Syphilis..1..I............
Rickets..................
Suffocation, overlying1111............
Injury at Birth2..2............
Atelectasis4..1..1..2......
Congenital Malformation261111..1..3
Premature Birth3025..8..9I81
Atrophy,Debility & Marasmus63..14..1I11
Other Causes561211221
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