[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich] page 24

Woolwich 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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TABLE No. 20. Infant Mortality, 1931.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

Causes of Death.	Under 1 week.	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	1 month and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 12 months.	Total deaths under 1 year.
Smallpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chickenpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	6
Diphtheria and Croup	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	• •
Tuberculous Meningitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2
Abdominal Tuberculosis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)	..	..	..	..	..		..	..	..	..
Convulsions	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Laryngitis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	..	..	..	..	1	1	2	..	..	4
Pneumonia	..	..	..	..	3	6	4	9	7	29
Diarrhoea	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	1
Enteritis	..	..	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	4
Gastritis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	3
Rickets	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	• •
Suffocation, Overlying	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Injury at Birth..	5	3	..	..	8	..	..	..	..	8
Atelectasis	3	..	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	3
Congenital Malformation	4	2	1	1	8	2	1	..	..	11
Premature Birth	25	2	1	..	28	1	2	..	..	31
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus	4	..	2	..	7	1	..	..	..	8
Other Causes	3	..	..	..	3	4	5	1	3	16
	46	8	6	2	62	24	16	12	14	128