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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 24.Infant Deaths, 1930.

TABLE No. 24.Infant Deaths, 1930.

Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.West Plumstead.East Plumstead.Eltham.
M.F.Under 4 weeks4 wks.-1 yearM.F.Under 4 weeks4 wks.-1 yearM.F.Under 4 weeks4 wks.-1 yearM.F.Under 4 weeks4 wks.-1 yearM.F.Under 4 weeks4 wks.-1 year
Smallpox--------------------
Chicken Pox--------------------
Measles-2-2-1-1---------1-1
Scarlet Fever------------------
Whooping Cough--------------------
Diphtheria and Croup--------------------
Erysipelas--------------------
Tuberculous Meningitis--------------------
Abdominal Tuberculosis--------------------
Other Tuberculous Diseases--------------------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)12--31--1-1-1-1-1----
Convulsions213-1-1-----1-1--11-
Laryngitis-1-1-1-1-—----------
Bronchitis23—512-3-1-1----1--1
Pneumonia7721233-6211212-31111
Diarrhoea1--1------------1--1
Enteritis41—51_-12--2----11-2
Gastritis-1—1-1-1------------
Syphilis--------------------
Rickets. .--------------------
Suffocation, Overlying--------------------
Injury at Birth3—3—----—-------3-3-
Atelectasis112—1-1--11---------
Congenital Malformation75752442-—--2--23131
Premature Birth12820—4610-1—1-628-1-1-
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus826422133-211-1-2-2-
Other Causes4518-21131-41--1-2-2
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