Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 27.
Nett Infant Deaths, classified by sex and wards.
Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
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Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Sherard. | Avery Hill. | |
Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Chicken Pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Measles | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whooping Cough | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Diphtheria and Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Tuberculous Meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Meningitis (not Tuberculosis) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Convulsions | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Laryngitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Bronchitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 21 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | — |
Diarrhœa | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteritis | 2 | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Gastritis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Syphilis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Rickets | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Suffocation, Overlying | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Injury at Birth | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Atelectasis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Congenital Malformation | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 |
Premature Birth | 22 | 16 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | 6 | 5 |
Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Other Causes | 4 | 8 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
74 | 49 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 |