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Causes of Death.— The causes of infant mortality are set forth in Tables Nos.
99 and 100, 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: Pneumonia, 20; Premature Birth, 18; Diarrhoea, 14;
and Debility and Marasmus, 7.
The number of deaths occurring in the first week of life was 40.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.— Nine illegitimate children died, compared
with 14 in 1934 and 13 in 1933. The infant mortality rate figure for illegitimate
children was 140, compared with 44 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. 87.

Tables are set out in the following pages which classify in various ways the
causes of infant deaths during 1935.