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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 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

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Table: TABLE No. 21.Nett Infant Deaths, Classified by Sex and Wards.

TABLE No. 21.

Nett Infant Deaths, Classified by Sex and Wards.

Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
Males.Females.Dockyard.St. Mary's __RiverSt. George'sBurr ageHerbertGlyndonSt. Margaret'sCentralSt. Nicholas'Abbey WoodWell HallSherardAvery Hill
Smallpox----------------
Chickenpox----------------
Measles----------------
Scarlet fever111-1-----------
Whooping cough24-1-—--1—11-—
Diphtheria and Croup----------------
Erysipelas----------------
Tuberculous meningitis2--—-1--——1——
Abdominal tuberculosis---------------
Other Tuberculous diseases----------------
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)----------------
Convulsions----------------
Laryngitis----------------
-Bronchitis131————1—2——--~
Pneumonia11184-112122324-61
Diarrhoea-1------1——--——
Enteritis4----------1-111
Gastritis---------------
Syphilis21--1—-1-——-1-——
Rickets----------------
Suffocation, overlying----------------
Injury at Birth44-11--1----122
Atelectasis21-2-1----------
Congenital malformation65——12—1111—-—31
Premature birth1120214434-1131331
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus26—11——1—2t-1——2—
Other causes971-2112-311-211
57719612971261261077187