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. 100.
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. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | |
Measles | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Scarlet Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Whooping Cough | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Diphtheria and Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Meningococcal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculous Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Abdominal Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Tuberculous Diseases | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Syphilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Bronchitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Diarrhoea | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Injury at Birth | 2 | 1 | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Icterus Neonatorum | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Atelectasis | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Congenital Malformation | 1 | 5 | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Premature Birth | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Violence | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Convulsions | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other Causes | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | - | — | 2 |
50 | 41 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 10 |