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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 21.
INFANT MORTALITY, 1901—1926.
Rates for stated groups of diseases and for stated age periods for the quinquennial periods
1901.1926.
| Period. | Groups. | Totals. | Sub.divisions of Group " G." | Death rates. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |||||||
| Infectious Diseases. | Tuberculous Diseases. | Diseases of Nervous system. | Diseases of Respiratory System. | Diseases of Digestive System. | Syphilis. | Diseases of Development. | All other Diseases. | Congenital Defects. | Prematurity. | Debility. | Under 4 weeks. | Over 4 weeks. | ||
| 1901.1905 | 7.26 | 4.33 | 8.48 | 19.30 | 24.62 | .94 | 44.14 | 10.76 | 119.83 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1906.1910 | 6.75 | 3.41 | 6.81 | 17.50 | 14.39 | 1.58 | 38.50 | 8.58 | 97.52 | 6.81 | 19.95 | 11.74 | 37.50 | 60.02 |
| 1911.1915 | 504 | 2.55 | 419 | 17.10 | 13.77 | 1.06 | 31.99 | 10.64 | 86.34 | 3.12 | 18.30 | 10.57 | 32.27 | 54.07 |
| 1916.1920 | 4.08 | 1.09 | 3.53 | 16.30 | 7.74 | 1.29 | 33.67 | 10.92 | 78.62 | 3.19 | 19.96 | 10.52 | 35.44 | 43.18 |
| 1921.1925 | 3.81 | 1.55 | 2.82 | 10.52 | 6.13 | .70 | 23.07 | 8.75 | 57.35 | 4.30 | 12.84 | 5.93 | 25.47 | 31.88 |
| 1923 | 1.39 | 0.35 | 3.49 | 5.23 | 2.79 | 0.35 | 21.97 | 7.33 | 42.90 | 3.48 | 14.30 | 4.19 | 25.11 | 17.79 |
| 1926 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 122 | 7.71 | 3.65 | 0.41 | 19.90 | 7.31 | 43.44 | 3.25 | 12.99 | 3.66 | 22.33 | 21.11 |
| The rates in each case are per 1000 births. . | ||||||||||||||