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. 23. INFANT DEATHS, 1929.
| Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | West Plumstead. | East Plumstead. | Eltham. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Chickenpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .... |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 5 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | .. | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Convulsions | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Bronchitis | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Enteritis | 11 | 2 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 2 |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Suffocation, Overlying | . . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Injury at birth | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Congenital Malformation | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Premature birth | 14 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | l | .. |
| Other causes | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | •• | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 81 | 63 | 31 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 19 | |
| 144 | 48 | 27 | 28 | 41 | ||||||