[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 36

Woolwich 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 22. INFANT DEATHS, 1928.

Causes of Death.	The Borough.		Woolwich		West Plumstead.		East Plumstead.		Eltham.
Causes of Death.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.
Smallpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chickenpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	6	2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis	1	1	1	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Abdominal Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Convulsions	4	2	2	1	1	..	..	1	1	..
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	8	3	..	1	4	..	2	l	2	1
Pneumonia (all forms)	4	8	..	4	2	1	2	2	..	1
Diarrhoea	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteritis	2	4	..	2	..	..	..	1	2	1
Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rickets	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..
Suffocation, Overlying	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Injury at birth	3	1	l	..	..	1	1	..	1	..
Atelectasis	1	3	..	2	..	1	1	..	..	..
Congenital Malformation	7	2	4	1	1		1	..	1	1
Premature birth	15	16	6	⁴	3	4	2	1	4	7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus	6	1	1	..	3	..	1	..	1	1
Other causes	6	3	3	••	..	1	..	¹	3	1
	65	49	19	18	15	9	12	7	19	15
	114		37		24		19		34