[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of] page 23

Deptford 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]

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Table No. 3.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1920.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.		Under 1 week.	1 to 2 weeks.	2 to 3 weeks.	3 to 4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	4 weeks and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 12 months.	Total Deaths under 1 year.
All Causes	Certified
All Causes	Uncertified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Small Pox		. .	..	..	..	. .	. .	. .	..	..	..
Chicken Pox		..	..	..	..	. .	. .	..	..	..	..
Measles		..	..	..	..	. .	..	. .	2	1	3
Scarlet Fever		..	..	..	..	..	. .	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough		..	..	..	..	..	..	3	3	1	7
Diphtheria and Croup		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	. .	..
Erysipelas		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	. .
Tuberculous Meningitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	3
Abdominal Tuberculosis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Other Tuberculous Diseases		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)		..	..	..	..	..	2	..	1	..	3
Convulsions		3	2	..	..	5	3	..	1	1	10
Laryngitis		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	. .	..
Bronchitis		2	1	2	1	6	10	7	1	..	24
Pneumonia (all forms)		..	..	..	2	..	9	14	7	5	37
Diarrhœa		..	..	1	. .	1	5	2	1	1	10
Enteritis		..	1	..	2	3	11	9	1	4	28
Gastritis		..	..	..	..	..	2	1	..	..	3
Syphilis		..	..	..	..	. .	2	..	..	..	2
Rickets		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation, overlaying		..	..	..	..	..	. .	..	..	..
Injury at Birth		5	1	..	..	6	..	..	. .	..	6
Atelectasis		4	..	..	..	4	1	..	. .	..	5
Congenital Malformations		3	l	..	1	5	2	1	..	1	9
Premature Birth		37	4	3	1	45	6	4	..	..	55
Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus		7	3	1	1	12	16	5	1	..	34
Other Causes		4	1	2	1	8	5	3	1	2	19
		65	14	9	9	97	74	51	20	17	259

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Nett Births—Legitimate, 3192; Illegitimate, 84.
Nett Deaths—Legitimate infants, 241; Illegitimate infants, 18.