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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 No. 25.
Infant Mortality, 1901-1930.
Rates for stated groups of diseases and for stated age periods for the quinquennial periods, 1901—1930.
| Period | Groups. | Sub-Divisions of Group "G." | Death Bates. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Total. | 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 | 5.04 | 2.55 | 4.19 | 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 |
| 1926-1930 | 2.88 | 0.78 | 2.18 | 10.28 | 4.01 | .09 | 19.96 | 7.84 | 48.02 | 3.75 | 12.64 | 3.57 | 22.92 | 25.10 |
The rates in each case are per 1,000 births.
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