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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 84.
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 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and Croup | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Syphilis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | 13 | 12 | – | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | – | – | 1 |
| Rickets | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – |
| Congenital Malformation | 9 | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 2 |
| Premature Birth | 12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 5 |
| Atrophy, Debilitv and Marasmus | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Convulsions | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Other Causes | 7 | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – |
| 69 | 52 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 16 | |