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pneumonia, 26 deaths being ascribed to both of these conditions.
Thirteen deaths were due to enteritis and 5 to diarrhoea.
There was one death from scarlet fever and 11 from
whooping cough. The neo-natal mortality rate, i.e., deaths
under 4 weeks, was 26 81, compared with 22.47 in 1928.
Of 62 neo-natal deaths, 23 were certified to be due to premature
birth and 7 to debility. Six children under one month
died from respiratory diseases.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children. The number of deaths
of illegitimate children was 7, compared with 11 in 1928 and
2 in 1927. Three deaths were certified as due to want of
attention at birth, 1 to prematurity, 1 to acute otitis media,
1 to suffocation by drowning and 1 to broncho pneumonia
and gastro enteritis. Five of these deaths occurred in the
first week of life and two at the age of 7 months. A comparison
of the infantile mortality rates of legitimate and
illegitimate infants shows that the rate for legitimate was
61 and for illegitimate 99.
Institutional Deaths. In tabular form is shown below
the number of deaths of Woolwich infants which took place
in various institutions during the year. These figures are
included in those shown in Table No. 9.