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Causes of Death.—The causes of infant mortality are set forth in Tables Nos.
81 and 82, which show the incidence of mortality from each cause for infants, classified
by age, sex and wards. It will be noted from these Tables that the chief causes of
death were:—Premature Birth, 36; Pneumonia, 32; Diarrhceal Diseases, 9;
Congenital Malformation, 9; and injury at birth, 5. The neo-natal mortality rate
(deaths under 4 weeks) was 27.5, compared with 33.92 in 1933 and 24.82 in 1932.
Of the 55 neo-natal deaths, 34 were certified to be due to Premature Birth; 5 to
Injury at Birth; 7 to Atelectasis; 4 to Congenital Malformation and 2 to Pneumonia.
The number of deaths occurring in the first week of life was 39.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.—Fourteen illegitimate children died, compared
with 13 in 1933 and 12 in 1932. The infant mortality rate figure for illegitimate
children was 191, compared with 63 for legitimate children.
Institutional Deaths.—In tabular form is shown below the number of deaths
of Woolwich infants which took place in various institutions during the year. These
figures are included in those shown in Table No. 69.

Tables are set out in the following pages which classify in various ways causes
of infant deaths during 1934.