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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 26.
Infant Mortality, 1932.
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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicken Pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningitis (not Tuberculous) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Laryngitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Pneumonia | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
| Diarrhœa | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Enteritis | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 4 | - | 6 |
| Gastritis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Rickets | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Suffocation, Overlying | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Injury at Birth | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Atelectasis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Congenital Malformation | 5 | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 13 |
| Premature Birth | 30 | 6 | - | - | 36 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 38 |
| Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Other Causes | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 42 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 123 | ||
| Nett Births registered during the calendar year Legitimate, 1,980; Illegitimate, 74. Nett Deaths registered during the calendar year Legitimate 111; Illegitimate, 12 | ||||||||||