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 Deptford, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Table No. XI.
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality , 1922.
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 | 55 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 195 |
| Uncertified | .. | .. | .. | .. | •• | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Small Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Chicken Pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Measles | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | |
| Scarlet Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Whooping Cough | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | 3 | 10 | |
| Diphtheria and Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Influenza | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
| Erysipelas | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | • • | |||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | |
| J Abdominal Tuberculosis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | |
| Meningitis (not tuberculous) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Convulsions | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | |
| Laryngitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Bronchitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 4 | 11 | |
| Pneumonia (a11 forms) | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 50 | |
| Diarrhoea | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | |
| Enteritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | 6 | |
| Gastritis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Syphilis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Rickets | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Suffecation, overlaying | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
| Injury at Birth | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Atelectasis | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
| Congenital Malformations | 5 | l | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 10 | |
| Premature Birth | 33 | l | 3 | .. | 37 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 43 | |
| Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus | 4 | .. | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 16 | |
| Other Causes | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 5 | |
| 55 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 73 | 30 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 195 | ||