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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 82.
Nett Infant Deaths, Classified by Sex and Wards.
| Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood. | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | |
| Measles | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria and Croup | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Diarrhoea | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Injury at Birth | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Congenital Malformation | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| Premature Birth | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| Atrophy,Debility and Marasmus | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other Causes | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| 60 | 67 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 23 | |