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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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TABLE No. 19.
Nett Infant Deaths, classified by Sex and Wards.
| Causes of Death. | The Borough. | Woolwich. | Plumstead. | Eltham. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Dockyard. | St. Mary's. | River. | 1 St. George's. | Burrage. | Herbert. | Glyndon. | St. Margaret's. | Central. | St. Nicholas. | Abbey Wood | Well Hall. | Avery Hill. | Sherard. | |
| Measles | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculous Diseases | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Bronchitis | — | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 9 | 9 | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | — | - | 4 |
| Diarrhoea | 9 | 9 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Injury at Birth | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Atelectasis | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Congenital Malformation | 4 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Premature Birth | 15 | 8 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Other Causes | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Icterus | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | 50 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 14 | |