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Causes of Death.—The causes of infant mortality are set forth in Tables Nos.
83 and 84, 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, 27; Diarrhoea, 25; Premature birth, 20; Congenital
malformation, 14, and Atelectasis, 7.
The number of deaths occurring in the first week of life was 29.
Deaths of Illegitimate Children.—Eight illegitimate children died, compared with
9 in 1935 and 14 in 1934. The infant mortality rate figure for illegitimate children
was 138, compared with 58 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. 71.

Tables are set out in the following pages which classify in various ways the
causes of infant deaths during 1936.